Church Finances and Buildings
A bibliography of resources to help churches manage their finances and property
Finances and budgeting
- Envelop3 Church Budgeting Tool
- Church Excel (free resources on finances and other helpful guides)
- The Employee Retention Credit webinar recording
- "3 Essentials of Transformational Church Growth Capital", by Dennis Wiens
- Year-end giving sample letter from the ECFA
- Outsourcing payroll to MinistryWorks
- Employee Retention Credit – The ERC is a fully refundable payroll tax credit for eligible employers, initially created by the 2020 CARES Act
- "New Infrastructure Law Has Many Implications for Nonprofits", from the ECFA
Salaries, Benefits, and Taxes
- Christianity Today's 2023 Church & Clergy Tax Guide, by Richard R. Hammar
- Guidestone benefits: 844.467.4843
- ECFA 2023 Tax Guides (note: ECFA, not EFCA)
- ECFA’s e-books for churches (note: ECFA, not EFCA; requires an account)
- FCMM health insurance solutions
- FCMM New Health Plan
- Free tax guide from ECFA
- Group Health Insurance
- Pastor Retirement: Why Too Few Plan or Prepare, by Dennis Wiens (may require a LinkedIn account)