Budgeting in an economic downturn
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English - March 09, 2021 09:00 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsChristianity Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture church planting lee stephenson danny parmelee church planting podcast church planting resources church planting training Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The financial hits have been one blow after another, especially for those starting something new. As a church planter, how can you budget for your church during this uncertain season?
0:24 Lee introduces this two-part series on the challenges that church planters face specific to the economic downturn.
2:07 Danny says most of the church planters he talked to weren’t affected as much as they were expecting at the beginning of the pandemic.
3:22 Danny says the most challenging thing about COVID is there is so much unknown.
3:43 You have to figure out what are the absolutes that can’t change, like rent.
4:53 Lee talks about the 2020 end-of-year giving at his church plant.
6:39 In the U.S., when things turn down economically, nonprofit giving goes up.
8:33 Lee says it was tough to try to create a budget for 2021.
10:46 Lee says his church plant’s designated giving to benevolence grew significantly in 2020.
11:42 Lee explains his church plant’s budgeting decisions for 2021.
12:58 Lee’s church had to cut things they were dreaming of doing.
14:15 Lee discusses the most critical drivers in the life of his church that couldn’t be cut.
16:04 Lee talks about an after-school sports program that his church invested in that they had to shut down when COVID hit.
18:08 Lee says you have to watch your financial numbers weekly when things are challenging economically.
19:19 Danny encourages you to keep an eye on things even if you say you’re not a money guy or you don’t like it. Burying your head in the sand doesn’t do any good.