The Church Office

The Pitfalls of Church Finances

ExpensePlus are back! Listen in as Gavin is joined by Sam and Dan to talk through the most common pitfalls in church finance.

From not having the right people in the room to spending too much on everyday costs, these are areas that we can all do with a hand figuring through.

We bought a church building in 3 weeks!

In this podcast, Phil Swann, the Pastor at Llanelli Free Evangelical Church in West Wales, shares a little bit about his experience of buying a new church building in just three weeks! It's a wonderful story of adventurous faith and God's wonderful provision. We absolutely love having Phil on the podcast and enjoy his passion for the gospel and reaching the lost.

To find out more about the church please check out their website:

https://www.lfec.org/about/building-project

 

The Work of Ministry behind the Scenes

Introducing...Owen Gilham!

After working in education (and a brief stint in theatre) Owen now works for Danbury Mission as the Operations Manager. Listen in as he and Gavin talk about the diverse work that Church Managers complete on a weekly basis. They cover the importance of getting appropriate policies and procedures for your church in place as well as the challenges around adding a new Sunday service and the co-ordination of all the service teams to make that happen. It's an interesting job, we hope you enjoy the episode.

https://www.danburymission.org.uk/

Managing and Developing Church Buildings

How do we make best use of our buildings for the gospel? Rich Spens has spent many years working behind the scenes at Kings Cross Church in London trying to think this through and put it into action.

Listen in as he chats with Gavin about how he's managing and developing his church, including an idea to take the church roof off!

We've got ourselves a sponsor!

Hot off the press- Churchsuite have very kindly agreed to sponsor The Church Office podcast! We're really grateful for all the support from Gavin and the team at ChurchSuite and can't wait to work alongside them.

Listen into this special episode as Gavin Courtney joins us to talk about why the team wanted to sponsor the podcast and everything that's new at ChurchSuite.

Navigating Data Protection as a Church

Data protection can often feel like a minefield, especially in a church context where sensitive data is handled frequently. We recently asked our followers to submit any questions they had about data and privacy for us to pass on to the experts.

 

Listen in to this Church Office special as Gavin brings your questions to Harry and Leanne from the ICO.

Finding out more about ACAT

Gavin recently had the joy of sitting down with Ashley Ellis, CEO of ACAT, the Association of Church Accountants and Treasurers.

Listen in as they discuss what ACAT has to offer and why no church accountant or treasurer should feel alone.

The ACAT Team have a wonderful heart to serve local churches and those serving in the area of church finances.

For more information please visit https://www.acat.uk.com

Awkward Size Church

Would you describe your church as being an awkward size?

Listen in as Gavin and Ray talk about overcoming some of the barriers to gospel growth that are faced in our churches. Ray serves as the Leadership Consultant for the FIEC and is also the author of Ready, Steady, Grow.