Investors often think that their portfolio will suffer if they choose to invest according to their values — otherwise known as environmental, social, and governance issues.
Facing a recurring $80,000 to $100,000 annual budget deficit, the Rev. Jeanne Radak knew her first task in 2013 as the new presbytery leader for the Presbytery of Newton was to create a more sustainable budget model and process.
The Rev. Dr. Andrew Kukla, pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Boise, Idaho, showed a picture of a stained-glass window from a different church. In the middle of the window, a red plant dominated the scene.
Teaching how to budget, save, eliminate debt and start investing should become essential life skills, Katherine Lankford says. Don’t wait until you are 30, 40, 50 or 60 years old to learn hard lessons. Instead, look at the experience and the mistakes of others and take charge of your financial habits now.
A planned gift (also known as an estate gift or bequest) is often the largest gift anyone will make, said Karl Mattison, Vice President for Planned Giving Resources at the Presbyterian Foundation.
Talking about money, and even more directly, asking for money as part of church stewardship, can make people uncomfortable — including church pastors and leaders.
The Rev. Greg Allen-Pickett is a pastor — but also embraces his role as a “cheerleader and storyteller for the grand mission history” of his church, First Presbyterian Church of Hastings, Nebraska, and the larger Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Kevin Riley’s life has been full of risk — and not all of it good.
Riley, the commissioned pastor of Mount Baker Presbyterian Church in Concrete, Washington, suffered from addiction, homelessness, and incarceration earlier in life. Those life experiences, harrowing as they are, increased his comfort level with risk — an attitude that served the church well when the Covid pandemic arrived.
Being a church treasurer has become more complex in recent years. This largely volunteer job goes far beyond simply doing the math to ensure the books are balanced and the bills are paid.
Today, church treasurers and church staff in general need to be aware of the many ways the church can be defrauded, either by internal trusted people or by scammers who find ways to trick staff into disclosing information.
