Smart Church Management: A Quality Guide to Church Administration - Softcover

Lotich, Patricia S

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0991645014 ISBN 13: 9780991645015

Publisher: Patricia Lotich, 2015

Synopsis

Church leaders understand that managing the day-to-day operations of a church can be challenging because of limited resources, managing volunteer labor and supporting the needs of the congregation. Smart Church Management 2nd Edition is a guide to managing the resources of a church which is people, time and money. This book provides tools and examples for decision making and problem solving for church administration that is easy to understand and more importantly, quick to implement!This book explains how to create a strategic plan and takes you through implementation.It also reviews concepts such as volunteer and employee management, budgeting, public relations, emergency management, church growth and much more!

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From the Back Cover

The Purpose
God blesses churches with resources - people, time and money. These people give of their time to volunteer and tithe on their income. Managing these resources is a significant responsibility and church leaders are challenged with this administrative oversight. Managing a church office has many of the same challenges as managing any other business and requires many of the same systems and processes to be successful.

The Guide
Smart Church Management - A Quality Guide to Church Administration, 1st Edition is perfect for anyone in church leadership. The book is a leader's handbook on running the day-to-day operation of a church.  With easy to understand examples, this book provides a simplistic approach to managing church resources - people, time and money.  Whether it is setting church goals, making budget decisions or managing church personnel or volunteers, this book offers practical application, tips, tools with real life examples and much more!

The Response
"There's no magic wand or shortcuts to a better (church) office environment or more people in your pews. But following the ideas and embracing the concepts in this book may cause exactly the results you're hoping for; an efficient church staff or organization with greatly improved communication skills, leading to greater church services and/or outreach ministry, resulting in healthier Christians making a greater impact on the world around them, and even major church growth.  Isn't that what building God's Kingdom is all about?"
-Pastor Scott Freeman, Harvest Cathedral Church
 
"Smart Church Management is about quality not quantity. I was really impressed by this book and the brilliant ideas that Patricia shares with us with such simplicity and practicality. Somewhere along the lines of church history, Pentecostal and Charismatic church leadership equated organization and processes for not being organic and spiritual. We don't need another fast growth program for churches we need quality leadership and organizations that create quality people."
- Mark Passarella - Eagles' Wings Ministries
 
This book is a great resource for Church Boards, Business Administrators, Executive Pastors, Volunteer Leaders, Church Management Team or anyone managing church resources!

About the Author

Patricia Lotich, MBA, is the founder of Smart Church Management and Thriving Small Business. As a business management consultant, Patricia helps organizations put systems and processes in place to manage their limited resources: people, time, and money. Patricia is also the author of several other books: Smart Volunteer Management: A Volunteer Coordinator’s Handbook for Engaging, Motivating, and Developing Volunteers Church Staff Evaluations: A Guide to Performance Appraisals that Motivate, Develop, and Reward Church Employees Church Quality: Why Excellence in the Local Church Is Essential for Growth Church Job Descriptions: A Collection of 45 Sample Job Descriptions for Church Employees All books are available on Amazon. SmartChurchManagement.com Contact: Info@SmartChurchManagement.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Patricia Lotich
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0991645014
• ISBN 13: 9780991645015
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 188