AdMinistry: The Nuts and Bolts of Church Administration

by Thomas F Tumblin

Shepherding the church requires up-to-date knowledge of budgets, insurance, financial management, personnel organization, audits, and legal liability. These responsibilities are complex and ever-changing. While as pastor, you are called to be a faithful steward of the church's resources and an effective planner of its ministries, you need facts and skills to get your job done. This book will help you organize and weave your way through the often complex business of the church. Contents Definition of Ad-Ministry and What It Means to be an Ad-Minister A Theological Model for Ad-Ministry The Church as an Organization Stewarding People--Paid and Unpaid Staff Staffing the Volunteer Organization Stewarding Resources--Finances and Budgeting Stewarding Places and Spaces Stewarding Fiduciary Responsibility--Legal and Liability Issues Stewarding the Mission of God Strategic Planning to Fulfill God's Call on Your Congregation Includes templates, and samples, including Church Staff Review forms, Staff Growth Plans, Offering Tracking Logs, Financial Statements, Property Inventory Worksheets, and Emergency Procedures Worksheets.

Genres: Leadership

108 pages, Paperback

Published February 21, 2017

Reviews

[Rob O'Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really excellent (and brief) manual on organizing and administrating a local congregation! It provides worksheets for financial planning and walks the reader through the process of conducting a property inventory, obtaining the correct forms of insurance and seeking appropriate legal protection. Really useful book for today's highly litigious administrative world.

[Drew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simple, but good nuts and bolts stuff for a local congregation. Great for new and early career pastors to read.