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Stay in the Boat by Judah Smith

This is the message by Judah Smith from the New Spring Leadership Conference I attended several weeks ago. The actual title was “Matters of the Meantime” but the overarching theme of the message was “Stay in the Boat.” I was following Judah on Twitter, but I had never heard one of his messages. I was kind of blown away by his attire, I had never seen a man wear leotard before (okay they were skinny, skinny jeans), but he preaches the Word with boldness and blew me away with his message, so he can wear leotards if he wants 🙂

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UNLEASH 2010: Breakout Session 2

new-spring-church Breakout Session 2

Giving…Budgeting…Spending

Paul Marshall & Joe Sangl

Giving:

0-1,000 People –

  • Established Accurate (Excellent) record-keeping (Used Simple Access Database)
    (Without accurate record keeping, you have a mess!)
  • 1st Time Giving Letter (No matter how much given)
  • Let God be in the equation
  • Build margin, early & often!

1,000 – 5,000 people –

  • Moved to FellowshipOne (Helps track Ministry & Giving)
  • Did 1st Capital Campaign (3 year pledge)
  • Educating people about finances (FPU) – The church decided to take on the responsibility to teach the people about finances.

5,000+ people –

  • Did 2nd Capital Campaign (3year pledge)
  • Class – “Financial Learning Experience”
    *Common sense is uncommon
  • Group Study: “I was broke. Now I’m Not.”
  • Started looking at tithing/offering as a “Worship Experience”
    (52 Weeks – 52 Different Ways to focus)

Budgeting

0-1,000 people –

  • Commitment to pay staff well from the start
  • Benefits to staff employees from the start (100% of employee. 50% of dependents)
  • Lead Team: Monthly review of finances
  • Budget for a year
  • Let God be in the Equation

1,000-5,000 people –

  • ACS for Accounting (Linear System)
  • Retirement plan w/ matching funds
  • POs

5,000+ people –

  • 3rd party salary survey for senior pastor
  • Annual budgeting with approvals by SMT

Spending

0-1,000 people –

  • Accurate record keeping of expenditures
  • Pastor NEVER signs (signed) checks
  • 2 Signatures required on all checks, with a signing limit (only a handful of signers 3-4, 2 signatures required)
  • Farmed out Payroll
  • Let God be in the Equation

1,000-5,000 people –

  • Annual review by 3rd party (CPA)
  • Brought payroll back in-house
  • Purchased Land

5,000+ people –

  • Changed to new PO system
  • Sage MIP Accounting System (Segment Based)
  • Microix
  • True 3rd Party Audit
  • Project next years budget from last 6 months income
  • Watch cash flow
  • Provide a wish list if God gives a special gift to the church (this is separate from budget)
  • Individual ministry budgets: Breakout with current years expenses (money spent), column to list suggested next years budget with an additional column to list reasons why it is being suggested.
  • No fundraisers. People give to a vision before they give to a need. Every Sunday is a Big Event, that helps cast vision.
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UNLEASH Live Blogging Session 2

Live blogging the 2009 Unleash Conference

Session 2: Perry Noble

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How to Stay in the Game…

  • Exodus 33
  • Some say church work is easy/going to be easy
  • People in the church can be the meanest people on the planet
  • 4 Questions Every Leader Needs to Wrestle With:
  • 1. Who Is With Me?
  • If you want people to buy into you, buy into your people
  • Satan doesn’t want to split your church, he wants to split your staff
  • If you think you do as much as the Senior Pastor, you don’t have a freaking clue!
  • Senior pastor’s carry a weight the staff and members could never imagine!
  • The sheep don’t lead the shepherd,the pastor is called to lead
  • The Pastor will be the one standing before God at the end of the day.
  • 2. [God] Am I Pleasing You?
  • (Vs. 13) Moses just wanted to know God and for God to be pleased with him
  • We cannot expect God to lead us publicly if we are not yielded to him privately
  • Pastor, Are you a prostitute or are you a prophet?
  • If your goal is to please churched people, you’ll lose every time, they are the ones that killed Jesus. If he could not please them, we cannot!
  • A) Do I understand that ministry is received not achieved? [Rick Warren]
  • The mercy of God is that he knew our screws ups before he called us, yet he still called us!
  • B) Am I placing limits on me that God has not placed on me?
  • Ministry leaders, you can do, exactly what God has called you to do.
  • Don’t dare limit yourself when the unlimited power of God lives in us.
  • 3. Will I See You?
  • We kiss toilets all week long and then we try to kiss Jesus
  • We cannot provide a Jesus light ministry, where people leave feeling good about themselves, but there is never transformation.
  • When Jesus is preached, there is conviction of sin and people brought to repentance!
  • Moses wanted God presence. Do WE REALLY want God’s presence as leaders?
  • Do you want ATTENDANCE or REPENTANCE?
  • You don’t need to close the back door to the church…
  • The church is a body…if you close the back door to your body…
  • When was the last time you as a pastor was desperate for the presence of God?
  • 4. What’s Next?
  • No matter where you get in ministry, continue to ask, What’s Next?
  • Exodus 33:18 “Now Show Me Your Glory!”
  • What Does God Want to Do Next In Your Church?