The Annual Church Financial Audit
A 2025 annual church financial audit highlights steady electronic giving, lower debt loads, strong cash reserves, and changing giving-unit patterns across congregational sizes.
Articles for tag: Electronic Giving
Offering as Worship
KCU's president is concerned we are inadvertently deemphasizing the biblical concept of the offering as worship.
August 15, 2020
Church Finance FAQ
By Kent E. Fillinger The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated our time and attention for much of 2020. This month’s article provides an overview of church finances based on our 2019 survey of 439 churches, while next month’s article will share findings from a separate survey that seeks to determine the impact of COVID-19 on the financial health of our churches. How Much Money Was Given to Churches Last Year? The total amount given last year to the churches we surveyed was $872,134,383. This included giving to the general fund, capital campaigns, building funds, and other sources. This reflected less than
Is the Church in a Recession?
Kent E. Fillinger examines church giving, staffing, spending, debt, and outreach trends among surveyed Christian churches and churches of Christ following the Great Recession.
