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Florida Awards
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Responsibilities of a Treasurer
Tithes and Conference Offerings Accounts for Churches and Schools for a variety of services provided by the Conference, and for all Conference Departments Accounting and financial reporting for Conference Insurance purchases of many types; property, liability,...
Shared Best Practices: Multiple ways to give
By Dan Serns | Senior pastor of the Richardson Church in Texas Shift your focus from... One Way to Give to Multiple Ways to Give. Many churches have only two ways to give: Sabbath morning during worship and not at all! Make it as easy as possible for people to give....
Beware of Scams
by Elisa Rahming Recently we had an experience in the Conference Office that we would like to share with you for your awareness. A couple, claiming to be Seventh-day Adventist members in Canada, visited the office and indicated a dire need of cash. They requested that...
Reporting Requirements (general)
If you have ever been a church treasurer before computerization, you will remember that the church treasurer was required to send to the Conference each month the duplicate sheets, as well as the church treasurer’s remittance report. Computerizing the treasurer’s...
Duties of the Church Treasurer
The duties of the ministry to which a person is called when he or she becomes a church treasurer can best be described in the following ways: Tithes and Offerings. The treasurer receives the tithes and offerings which come in on Sabbath morning or to the church office...
Church Funds Management
Treasury, A Sacred Work The treasurer is called to an important task and is elected as are other officers for a one – or two-year term as determined by the local church. In large churches it may be deemed advisable to elect assistant treasurers as needed. The...
Characteristics of the Church Treasurer
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CHURCH TREASURER Dedication to Service The church treasurer must recognize that the money which passes through his/her hands is sacred money: it belongs not to him/her, to be used as he/she feels best (either for personal needs or for legitimate...
The Ministry of the Treasurer
You may be reading this because you have been asked to serve your local church as treasurer. Or perhaps you serve on a church nominating committee and are wondering what a treasurer is expected to do. In either case, if you understand the church as the body of Christ,...
Southern Union Revolving Fund
Southern Union Revolving Fund The Southern Union Revolving Fund (SURF) is a pool of money from members like yourself, deposited for the purpose of making funds available on a loan basis to churches and educational institutions in the local conferences of the Southern...
Retirement Plans
Retirement Plans Did you know that you can use your retirement plan as a gift to Florida Conference? It’s fairly straightforward and doesn’t incur tax liabilities for your gift. Here are three suggestions on how you can make a retirement plan gift. Beneficiary Naming...
Planned Giving
Leave a Legacy Planned gifts benefit you, your family, and Florida Conference both now and in the future. Leave a legacy that will continue to benefit the Lord’s work of reaching the unreached even after you are gone. There are several ways to set up your planned...