How to Handle a Church Staff Financial Crisis (and other listener questions)

Podcast Episode #392

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As we close out 2017, we answer a few questions from listeners. Like many questions we receive, these have a great deal to do with the changing church landscape.

Some highlights from today’s episode include:

• When it comes to church finances, you have to put the good of the church ahead of any particular staff.
• As a pastor, you have to be willing to stand up for yourself against church bullies.
• A church is not a church if it’s not fulfilling the Great Commission.
• Corporate worship should be something you look forward to, not something you dread.

The listener questions we answer today are:

TRUDY
Our Tithes and Offerings are way down and the percentage of Compensation vs Income is at 86%. We are trying to find ways to generate income. We have Investments of about $250,000.00 and want to use the dividends and capital gains to offset this high percentage. Is that something we can do legally?

JOE
How do you stand up for yourself when church bullies are seeking to destroy you and get you run off. How do you protect yourself, family and the church when you as a person do not like confrontation. In fact you shy away from confrontation and are very uneasy about it. Any help, direction on this matter would be appreciated.

MIKE
I am 36 and I’m in my first pastorate. It has been a year and a half. It has been tough. I pastor a small baptist church. We are older and on a good day, we may have…