Jamie Dunlop
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Jamie Dunlop serves as associate pastor at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC, overseeing administration and adult education, as well as several nonprofits based at the church. Previously, he worked for a decade in business, managing an operating unit of a large consultancy while serving visa mer his church as a lay elder. visa färre
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Budgeting for a Healthy Church: Aligning Finances with Biblical Priorities for Ministry (9Marks) (2019) 211 exemplar
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Budgeting for a Healthy Church 2 exemplar
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There is a lot of confusion about how church budgets work and what they should look like. There is also troubling history with giving and budgets. I know of a woman who told a pastor at her church, “This church belongs to Jesus and me.” She said this because she gave a lot of money specifically to cover the monthly mortgage. But as Jamie points out faithfulness, godly giving, is not about how much you give as it is about how you give. Similarly, a budget is not more spiritual because it is big or because giving is up that year. The truth is not in digits but in the hearts of the people.
Jamie’s fundamental point is that the church budget is spiritual. It reveals what the church believes and is committed to. Jamie argues that a budget is a tool for effecting the Great Commission. Further, the budget itself is like a spiritual mutual fund. It is the local church’s plan for investing in the work of making disciples.
I was challenged to take more leadership in teaching about giving in the church. I have taught on it in the past, but I am pressed to consider ways in which I can continue to teach on the place of giving in the Christian life.
The chapter on income was a great corrective as it puts the focus not on how much is given or even if we are meeting the budget. Rather the focus on giving is faithfulness. Jamie offers a lot of wisdom in the chapter on hiring staff and the chapter on operations is pure gold.
My favorite part of the book was in chapter 8 and learning to use the budget as a pastoral tool for discipleship. It is an opportunity to help Christians grow in their faithfulness to Christ.
Bottom Line
If you serve as a church officer, on a church finance committee or the like you should read this book. It will bring the budget out of the shadows of obscurity and clarify how exactly it fits within the mission of the church. I highly recommend this book and will likely be using it in officer training in the future.
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