Few people enter into ministry because of a love of paperwork, but order and procedure help ensure congregations are protected, fulfill their obligations and provide a healthy environment for worship and service to Christ. Resources in this area are meant to make the administrative tasks of the operations of the local church as efficient as possible.

Property

• Fall church property checklist from Resource UMC
• What you don’t know about your building could be costly from Resource UMC
• IT basic assessment from Resource UMC
• Is your church ignoring capital needs? from Lewis Center for Church Leadership

Finance

• Church financial glossary from Resource UMC
• Preparing your church for an audit from Resource UMC
• Financial services for annual conferences, agencies and local churches from Resource UMC
• Financial commitment for UMC from 2017-2020 from Resource UMC
• Revenue toolkit: Think outside the offering plate from Resource UMC
• Financial glossary from Resource UMC
• Church finances for missional leaders from Resource UMC
• Local church resource guide from Resource UMC
• Benefits of online giving from Resource UMC
• Talking to congregations about giving from Resource UMC
•  Creating a narrative budget from Lewis Center for Church Leadership
• 7 policies every church needs for trust, transparency from Lewis Center for Church Leadership
• 7 ways your quarterly giving statement can make the right statement from Lewis Center for Church Leadership
• A better way to report on giving from Lewis Center for Church Leadership
• Asking millennials to give from Lewis Center for Church Leadership

Personnel

• Ten tips for effective hiring from Resource UMC
• Church performance measures that matter from Resource UMC
• GCFA tax packet from Resource UMC
• Resources for clergy families from Resource UMC
• 5 ways to help church staff succeed from Lewis Center for Church Leadership