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		<title>How To Develop An Annual Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin M. Stone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my role as Executive Pastor, one of the things I can never avoid is doing the budget for the church each year. That’s right! Along about December the budget is due to the eldership, and it takes a bunch of work to get it together. I thought this year I would share the process [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;BEYOND&#8221; Capital Fund Raising Campaign</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been working for months on our 3rd capital fund raising campaign called &#8220;BEYOND.&#8221; Here&#8217;s what it&#8217;s about. I am sharing everything from the campaign here on my blog to hopefully give you ideas that will help you with your own similar campaign. One of the things we&#8217;ve determined is that it&#8217;s &#8220;easier&#8221; in many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Average Annual Contributions by Weekly Attendee – 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin M. Stone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Executive Pastor group, of which I’m a part, recently did a survey to calculate the Average Annual Contributions by Weekly Attendee. It was an interesting exercise to say the least, putting every church on an equal playing field regardless of location, ministry philosophy, leadership structure, etc. Average annual contributions were calculated for each church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Develop An Income Model</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first step in developing a budget for your church is projecting income.  What kind of General Fund giving is reasonable to expect for the coming budget period?  The most accurate way to project giving for the future is to use data from the past. Read on and develop a detailed understanding of how to approach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bearing the Burden</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 05:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin M. Stone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the economy being what it is, the Executive Pastors I network with have discussed cost cutting actions with each other at length.&#0160;We were&#0160;recently asked how publically staff cutting should be communicated. Here&#39;s part of my response: I can tell you that whenever we’ve faced financial issues we’ve done so very publically. Lack of funds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Difficult Financial Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin M. Stone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know many of you are dealing&#0160;of being in or headed for&#0160;tough times financially. Our network of Executive Pastors is working hard to as proactively as possible deal with this situation. Here&#39;s an e-mail from my friend Rob Cizek, Executive Pastor of Northshore Christian Church in Everett, Washington. With the across-the-board downturn, I imagine that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church Development Fund</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 22:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin M. Stone</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#39;t know if I&#39;ve posted much on the Church Development Fund (CDF). These guys are awesome! We basically owe our ability to have purchased 19 acres of land and build a 13,000 square foot facility to the ministry of the CDF. What&#39;s not to like about this organization? They are all about providing resources [...]]]></description>
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