Grounded in Faith, Formed in Community
This is part 2 of 2 in a series about church budgeting. Read Part 1, “Budgets Tell a Story” A mentor once taught me that no one has ever been inspired to give by looking at a line item budget. Yet year after year, I hear of churches passing around the budget so congregants can…
For many churches, fall is budgeting season. In the best case scenario, the process is excruciatingly boring. The worst case? Anxiety, conflict, and division. Budgeting may be necessary, but few clergy or laity enjoy it. Endure might be the more fitting word. But ideally, the church budgeting process should be more than filling out numbers…
As a new class of masters students entered Pittsburgh Seminary this fall, many of these first-year students enrolled in “Genesis through Esther” taught by Dr. Kimberly D. Russaw. In this class, they will engage in the challenge of critical analysis of the biblical text. They will also discover a healthy dose of popular culture. Connecting…