Posted By allen on February 15, 2010

Put your money where your heart is…

At a church business meeting I attended recently, I was going over the church’s financial statement for the previous year.

The statement was only one page long with the income items showing at the top and the expense items at the bottom. The expense items were grouped into standard categories such as office, building, salaries, etc. Each category showed a total along with a detailed listing.

The category that caught my attention was outreach. The outreach detail was longer than any other category on the report. The amount spent on outreach was about 30% more than any other category!

The simple fact that this church spent a large percentage of their budget on outreach says a lot!

This church has chosen to put their money toward reaching others. Though I did not have any knowledge of what things were sacrificed from other areas to put this much emphasis on outreach, I am sure some sacrifices were made.

— mandatory disclaimer — I am not criticizing churches that have nice buildings with all the nice “toys” or pastors with large salaries. I am just expressing my joy at finding a church that is spending such a large percentage of their annual budget on reaching out to others.

Categories: General
Tags: budget, outreach