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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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