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10 CHURCH ACCOUNTING EVALUATION QUESTIONS FROM SHELBY SYSTEMS CHMS

When I first started working for JCPenney the store manager gave me this piece of advice, “Do everything in a way that no one will ever question your integrity.” For the past 50-plus years, I have tried to conduct myself in keeping with his words of wisdom. Years later while teaching QuickBooks at Midland Junior […]

ENCOURAGING SERVICE IN YOUR CHURCH

Encouraging members to serve is an important part of the church’s role in the community, and more importantly, in helping members grow their relationship with Christ. But how do we find these super-servants who freely give their time, energy, and expertise? Where are they all hiding? We have some suggestions to help find them. 1. […]

Major Court Victory for the Ministers Housing Allowance

This financial news is brought to you by the Alfred Johnson blog. This just in from ECFA, Religion News Service, Baptist Press, and other sources: The U. S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously reversed a 2007 lower court’s ruling that clergy housing allowance is unconstitutional. This is excellent news for all U. S. […]

ShelbyNext Online Giving Benefits

Ministry Brands provides your church with solutions that allow you to be present in the digital giving space with FLEXIBILITY, while decreasing administrative time constraints. ShelbyNext Online Giving offers an additional opportunity for the next generation of givers to participate in your mission. Our Online Giving solution allows churches to design their own giving experience. […]

Shelby Financials Release 9.3.0 Highlights

This financial news is brought to you by the Alfred Johnson blog. The Shelby Financials Release 9.3.0 includes two of our most requested features and a significant upgrade to a denominational headquarters application. General Ledger’s Statement of Financial Position now has an option that will shorten the length of the report by only printing the current […]

ORGANIZE YOUR GIVING DATA TODAY

There’s no shortage of data in the world today. More data was created in the last two years than in the previous 5,000. In fact, 90% of the data we currently use was created in the last two years! For churches, the enormous amount of giving data is enough to make your head spin, but it’s still […]

Employee Spotlight: LEEANN BUTTRAM

Today’s spotlight shines on Shelby Systems’ Giving Customer Success Specialist: Leeann Buttram. Leeann provides resources and support to help make Shelby’s online giving feature run as smoothly as possible. The Giving Implementation Guide, that Leeann helped to create, provides a mix of project management tools for planning, technical how-to’s for system set-up, and editable communication […]

FIVE FINDINGS ABOUT GEN Z THAT WILL IMPACT CHURCHES

The oldest members of Gen Z are just entering college and the work force. The Wall Street Journal recently published an article about “the first generation that’s never known a world without smartphones and social media.” Who is Gen Z and what are the generation’s implications for the church? What the church needs to know […]

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