Finances for the Local Churches & Pastors: The Ministry of Finance
Don Spence

Sessions are designed for both pastors and church treasurers and will strive to answer, in a practical way, the financial questions that affect the ministry of the church and the pastor. Sessions will cover taxes, all aspects of compensation and retirement planning for the individual while also talking about budgeting, auditing and taxes for the church. Other timely issues that will be covered are accounting for restricted funds and counting the church receipts. Time will be reserved for the discussion of the individual questions that are important to those that attend. Timely topics will be added as appropriate.

This event will focus on personal financial management, church finances, employee management, capital projects, paying for capital projects, and bequests (planned giving).

DON SPENCE, MBA, received his BA degree from Purdue University, his MBA in finance from Indiana University and is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He was a commercial loan officer and the Chief Financial Officer for the 20th largest bank in the state. Don is currently the Financial Controller for a large central Indiana construction company and does private consulting as “DL$ Accounting and Financial Solutions”. Don specializes in clergy income taxes and financial consulting for churches, small business and individuals.