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Health insurance changes among issues to discuss, act upon

Lay and clergy members who have attended for several years know there are certain reports that are received and considered at annual conference each year, many of these with financial implications. This year’s reports include proposed changes to the conference’s health insurance program, the setting of pension rates for retirees; proposed changes to standing rules involving clergy housing, the closing of churches that have completed their mission; a resolution on employment...

Added benefits of church credit card use

  I confess that I never was a part of a church’s finance committee until I became a pastor. I didn’t really have a firm handle on where accounts were held, income and expenditures, or other financial matters. As a person who served on several church staffs, though, I did have to deal with budgets and money. I knew there was money available in youth accounts to use, but before we would attend a concert or go on a mission trip, I would have to get cash to carry...