For churches and other ministry non-profits, the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to become a debilitating financial crisis. How has banning onsite services, closing businesses, and other aspects of the pandemic affected tithing and other financial giving from congregations and donors? Has giving in your church been affected?

Sometimes it doesn't pay to reinvent the wheel, and this is one of those times! This special blog post includes, in its entirety, an important and time-sensitive message for church leaders, from the Rev. Saeed Richardson, Program & Operations Officer at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference.

Developing an annual budget is a challenge for any organization, but churches have special considerations to keep in mind. Because faith-based organizations exist primarily to support the faith of their members, tasks like preparing an annual budget can get lost in the shuffle of other responsibilities.