Who is suppose to administrate the money in a christain church?

Question

This pastuer at this church says that he's the only one who is suppose to administrate all the church .... is this true?

Answer 1

It depends on how the church is set up. We have an elected board of direcors that is responsible for the money, NOT the minister. But this is in our bylaws. Does your church have bylaws? You need to look deeper into the structure of the church. It could be that there are no checks in this institution and the minister can do whatever he or she wants to do with the money. but that's a bad way to run a church. in my humble opinion. you should find a church with a board of directors or panel of elders or something that has legal responsibility for the money. At our church the minister has a small fund (called the minister's discretionary fund) that he can control. he uses it to help families who come to him when they are in trouble, he uses it as a minister. the whole board has to vote on things like employee salaries or whether to buy a new copy machine or how much to spend on new carpet, etc.

Answer 2

If the church has a staff like a secretary, bookkeeper and an associate pastor and youth pastor. Then the Book Keeper is suppose to be the one to administrate the money, and your pastor is the one lying. Then he's doing something wrong with the money.

If your denomination has a District Office. Or a Sister Church I would reccomend to contact them and tell them what is going on. But I would also suggest that you talk to other people in the church to have other people back you up. Cause you sure can't do it on your own.

Answer 3

No, there are Deacons, Treasurers, Secretary's. It's to much for 1 person, unless it's a very very small church. He, the Pastor, is suppose to only have to worry about the Preaching, prayer lists, the sick and the Elderly. He can't possibly handle all the administrative responsibilities of running a church on his own. And actually when it gets right down to it the it's the
congregations church, they are the ones in the administrative positions with him. And at anytime, if they don't like him, they can vote him out.

Answer 4

Have no idea who or what a "pastuer" is? Sounds almost like Louis Pasteur who invented pasteurization.


Christian church?

If you are meaning the Pastor of a local Church, then I guess that would depend on the Denomination of that church. If the Laws and Bylaws of that Denomination or Congregation assigns that task to the Pastor/Minister, then probably it would be true.

HOWEVER, in most Churches, the Pastor/Minister and the Elders are giving themselves to the spiritual work of the church; and, as in the New Testament, they appointed deacons to tend to the "physical" or monetary matters. In some Churches such people would be called "Stewards" or "Board of Managers".

Answer 5

Depends on the Church I read this once. If it is a certain Babtist, like Southern Babtist. They pay into a mother organization that has head preachers who go to the churches and keep control and pay wages to preachers. Say it is not methodist, church of christ or you know. Like Catherdal of faith is the name of one church. All the funds donated goes to the preacher. Then he pays the bills and keeps the money. There was a Church in California and this preacher was very karismatic and went to visit all the old ladies in the church. He was getting them to leave all there worldly goods to the church to insure they went to heaven.
Since no one has came back to say they didn't it was a pretty sure deal. He was so wealthy because he had property and stuff all over town. Hired a young good looking secretary and they were having an affair. When they caught up with him couldn't do anything but kick him out because at that time what was the churches was his. He left rich. with his young lover.
Adultry isn't against the law.

Answer 6

It depends on which church you go to. Some preachers think the money is all theirs. It should belong to the people who make up the church. There should be a bank acct. that requires at least 2 signatures. The church secretary should probably be one of them & the head deacon or chairman of the Pastor/Parish Relations committee shoud probably be the other unless the 2 are married to ea. other. Sounds like you need to find a different church.

Answer 7

You have a treasurer who keeps and tracks the money and then you have the (elected) church committee or board who decides how it should be best spent. Outside normal upkeep of the church and it's re-occurring monthly bills, there's usually a church vote called where all members vote on whatever it may be that the board has decided that the church would be better off having. Such as a bus or new play ground equipment.
The pastor, usually has very little to do with such decisions.

Hope that answers your question.

Answer 8

It will depend on the church. In some small churches, the pastor started and operates the church.

But in most churches, the pastor is only an employee of the church, He receives a paycheck and there is a board from the church that manages the money.

Answer 9

The lay people of the congregation are the ones who administer the money in the church. The pastor has nothing to do with that. Whomever is appointed or elected is the one with the authority. Sounds like this guy might be a schister.

Answer 10

Well, most churches now have Secretarys who do that.
Some have Treasurers who collect and count the money.
Rarely does the pastor do this. He should be too busy to
bother with this if he's doing his job at the church.