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

Lotich, Patricia S

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1470133520 ISBN 13: 9781470133528

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

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 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! Part 1 explains how to create a strategic plan and takes you through implementation. Part 2 reviews concepts such as volunteer and employee management, budgeting, public relations,

About this title

About the Author

Patricia Lotich, is an MBA and Certified Manager of Quality and Organizational Excellence through the American Society for Quality. She has ten years of Business Administration and Church Operations experience and has a driving passion to help churches fulfill their call by managing the resources God has given them - people, money and facilities. Patricia became a Christian as an adult and is committed to using her business experience and gifts to help the local church.

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!

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1470133520
• ISBN 13: 9781470133528
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 148