Learn to Manage Church Finances with this Simple Guide
Pastors and lay leaders now have a clear, easy-to-use guidebook for church finances with “Church Finances for Missional Leaders: Best Practices for Faithful Stewardship,” by Bonnie Ives Marden. This important resource was recently released by the Publishing Office of the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry (GBHEM), the leadership development agency of The United Methodist Church (UMC).
In “Church Finances for Missional Leaders,” Marden offers a step-by-step process of managing the budget and financial well-being for local churches of all sizes. The book can help pastors, treasurers, trustees, and finance and stewardship chairs and committees. It includes guidelines, tools and reproducible worksheets to help readers navigate the typical financial demands of operating a church. It’s a comprehensive approach, and reviewers are already pointing to it as a must-have item for every church leader.
“Bonnie Marden clarifies the confusing language of financial stewardship, then elegantly lays out pathways of understanding and practice. Run, don’t walk, to get your copy,” writes Rebekah Simon-Peter, developer of “Dream Like Jesus” and “Creating a Culture of Renewal.”
Marden is a leadership consultant and financial stewardship practitioner. A facilitator of stewardship education through multiple United Methodist Foundations, she also served as the Imagine No Malaria campaign coordinator for the UMC’s New England Annual Conference.
“Church Finances for Missional Leaders” is available now on Amazon and Cokesbury.
Wesley’s Foundery Books is an imprint of GBHEM. Representing the rich diversity of the church, Wesley’s Foundery Books offer a disciplined and balanced approach. GBHEM’s publishing office produces books that engage, nurture and advocate for the intellectual life of the UMC. GBHEM Publishing is an affiliate member of the Association of University Presses.
Visit us at GBHEM.org, follow @GBHEMPublishing on Facebook, and for catalogs and review copies, email us at publishing@gbhem.org.
About GBHEM: As the leadership development agency of The United Methodist Church, the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry’s mission is to build capacity for United Methodist lay and clergy leaders to discover, claim and flourish in Christ’s calling in their lives, by creating connections and providing resources to aid in recruitment, education, professional development and spiritual formation. Every elder, deacon and licensed local pastor benefits from our training and candidacy programs. Many young adults find help in clarifying their vocation and God’s call in their lives through our leadership and discernment programs. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook: @GBHEM.
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