Comments on: Financial Status as of 9/2008

By: greg

greg — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:59:25 +0000

Our total pledged giving for 2008 was just under $95K. Our budget is almost $105K. That means our pledges amount to about 90% of our budget which is very good!

Our pledges are behind $6,000 year to date based on the 9/12 of total pledged amount year to date. In other words we should expect about $71K in pledged giving through September but we have only received about $65K.

The graph above shows total giving which is pledged giving ($65K) plus non pledged giving ($5K) through September. The budget value is almost identical to our actual expenses through September.

By: KMcC

KMcC — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:27:24 +0000

Rick, that’s a good question re: wether we’ve moved our ” Required Pledges for Budget” from 80% down to %60… there may be something wrong with the graph.

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:15:35 +0000

Something else strikes me:
With a church such as ours, people will never be surer that their money is being spent efficiently for His kingdom. We operate with an extremely/miraculously low overhead. And yet people are getting saved at a preciously high rate – at least as churches in America go.

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:08:46 +0000

Wow.
Is our rate of pledging typical or is it below where it’s been before? Apparently, pledges comprise a bit over 60% of our approved budget.
With the auto withdrawal feature available to folks, it’s certainly never been easier to be consistent.