The Church Policy and Procedures Bundle

Your church should not be making up rules every time something happens.

Who can spend ministry money?

Who counts the offering?

Can a ministry leader take church money home and deposit it Monday?

Who gets a key to the building?

What happens when that person is no longer in leadership?

Can somebody use the fellowship hall because they know the pastor?

Who approves a love offering?

Can the church just hand cash to a guest preacher?

What happens when a member asks the church to pay their light bill?

Friend, these decisions need to be made BEFORE the situation happens.

The Church Policy and Procedures Bundle gives your church ready to customize policies, procedures, forms, approval processes, and accountability language that can be adapted to fit your church.

This is not a little checklist telling you what policies your church should have.

The policies are already written.

Change the church name, leadership titles, dollar amounts, approval levels, dates, and procedures to match your church, then have the appropriate church leadership and professional advisors review them before adoption.

POLICIES INCLUDED

• Funeral and Memorial Service Policy

• Benevolence and Financial Assistance Policy

• Building and Facility Use Policy

• Expense Reimbursement Policy

• Love Offering, Honorarium, and Special Offering Policy

The bundle addresses real church situations including:

Offering counting and deposits

Cash handling

Chain of custody

Ministry spending authority

Purchase approvals

Receipts and reimbursements

Benevolence requests

Paying vendors directly

Love offerings

Guest preacher honorariums

Musician payments

Pastoral anniversaries

Special offerings

Building use

Member and nonmember facility use

Facility fees and deposits

Funerals and memorial services

Repasts

Former leaders who still have building access

Financial documentation

Approval forms

Accountability procedures

And more.

Several policies also include ready to customize forms and acknowledgment sections so your church is not left with a policy and no process for actually using it.

This bundle is designed for churches that are ready to stop operating by memory, tradition, verbal permission, and “that’s how we’ve always done it.”

Policies protect the church.

Procedures tell people what to do.

Documentation proves the procedure was followed.

Your church needs all three.

IMPORTANT

These templates are provided for educational and organizational purposes and should be customized for your church. Laws, insurance requirements, tax requirements, denominational requirements, bylaws, and governance structures vary. Have the appropriate legal, accounting, insurance, tax, and church governance professionals review applicable policies before formal adoption.

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