Church Financial Security
counting the offering, deposit procedures, accounting
Department Resources
- Protecting the Offering – Part Two
In Part One we discussed the different risks that apply to the church offering. In this installment we will discuss how to pickup and count the offering. Most of the risk can be mitigated if you implement proper procedures that provide for accountability in the transport, handling and counting of the church offering.
Pilfering is one of the most common means of stealing money from a church. Typically the dollar amount is fairly low but a much easier to be successful in the act of thievery. The ability to remove cash from the offering box, plates, safes or lock boxes is eliminated when an appropriate level of accountability is introduced into the procedures.
Lets look at the typical means used to collect the offering.
Read More» - Protecting the Church Offering – Part One
In today’s environment the church faces many challenges to it’s existence. Churches have faced scandals from sexual abuse to loss of creditability, embezzlement and thefts. Knowing how many of these issues can happen can help to understand what can be done to prevent them. In Part One, we are going to focus on how the offering can be placed at risk, both from outside forces as well as internal risks. Since the offering is the tithing of God’s people back to God, most of the church family does not understand that there even is a risk. What can place the offering at risk.
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