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Church Bookkeeping for Congregations Under 200 Members: What Monthly Bookkeeping Should Cover Operations · 6 min read

Church Bookkeeping for Congregations Under 200 Members: What Monthly Bookkeeping Should Cover

What monthly bookkeeping should cover for a church under 200 members: giving records by fund, reconciliations, payroll coordination, and the reports a small church board needs each month.

Read article Does Your Church Need a Bookkeeper or an Accountant? Usually Both, in a Specific Order Operations · 7 min read

Does Your Church Need a Bookkeeper or an Accountant? Usually Both, in a Specific Order

What a church bookkeeper does month to month, what an accountant or CPA does at year end, where the line falls for a ministry with restricted funds, and how a church pairs the two without paying twice.

Read article Year-End Giving Statements: What Your Church Owes Donors, and When Compliance · 7 min read

Year-End Giving Statements: What Your Church Owes Donors, and When

What the IRS requires a church to give its donors at year end: the $250 written acknowledgment, the quid pro quo rule, the wording, the timing, and how clean books make January easy.

Read article 5 Signs Your Church Has Outgrown Spreadsheet Bookkeeping Operations · 6 min read

5 Signs Your Church Has Outgrown Spreadsheet Bookkeeping

When volunteer spreadsheets start costing you accuracy, transparency and volunteer goodwill.

Read article How to Read Your Church's Statement of Financial Position Financial Literacy · 7 min read

How to Read Your Church's Statement of Financial Position

A line-by-line walk through the report your board should understand before every meeting.

Read article Your Church Bookkeeper Is Retiring: How to Hand Over the Books Transitions · 8 min read

Your Church Bookkeeper Is Retiring: How to Hand Over the Books

What to collect before their last day, and how to make sure the knowledge does not walk out with them.

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In-depth guides

Fund Accounting for Churches: A Plain-English Guide Guide

Fund Accounting for Churches: A Plain-English Guide

What fund accounting is, why ministries need it, and how to set it up without a finance degree.

Read the guide Restricted vs. Unrestricted Funds Guide

Restricted vs. Unrestricted Funds

How designated and restricted gifts work, and the tracking that keeps you compliant and trusted.

Read the guide Does Your Church Have to File a Form 990? Compliance

Does Your Church Have to File a Form 990?

Most churches are exempt, but there are real exceptions. Here is how to know where you stand.

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