Week #1 Tuesday Post

January 11, 2009
Church Budget

Michigantown Christian Church
I interviewed Pastor Bob Wood’s on this topic.

The Budget was divided as follows:
66% Ministers and staff (plus benefits)
15% Facilities
14% Missions (Non Denominational)
5% Programs

Observation #1
- From city-data.com, I found out that the average income in Michigantown (where the church is located) is $45,043 per year. The senior pastor is making about $5,000 more than that per year while the youth pastor is making about $15,000 dollars less than that. I found that sort of interesting.

Observation #2
- I noticed that only $27,000 is budgeted for missions yet the actual giving is $46,000 per year. It seems that a lot of the money that exceeds the budgets needs gets put into missions.

Observation #3
- The actual spending for the Sunday school was $3,500 the last fiscal year but nothing was budgeted for it the past year or the year to come. This is because a member pays for all Sunday school expenses out of pocket. I found that interesting.