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by Belinda WhitfieldManaging Church Finances: Counting Offerings

Internal controls need to be in place for managing the collection, counting offerings for worship services and Sunday School. Do remember that these procedures or control measures are to safeguard...

Internal Controls

by Belinda WhitfieldManaging Church Finances: Collecting Offerings

We are on to another area of systems of internal controls for managing church finances. Let’s focus now on the collecting offerings. This function is carried out by the ushers. ...

Internal Controls

by Belinda WhitfieldManaging Church Finances: Choosing Ushers Wisely

Choose Ushers Wisely – Here are tips on screening, selecting and training ushers on handling money. Your ushers are at the heart of the internal controls necessary in setting up your...

Internal Controls

by Belinda WhitfieldManaging Church Finances: Envelope Tampering

In looking at systems of internal control needed in the handling of church finances, we need to examine the control measures needed during the actual collection other of the offerings....

Internal Controls

by Belinda WhitfieldManaging Church Finances: Church Accounting Guidelines

Let’s look at how we can set-up church accounting guidelines for handling of the church finances. In the accounting world we refer to this as internal controls. One very common and...