Spending Money In the Church SHOULD Be Difficult | MxU Podcast 172 

This financial convo is so spot on. I see so many churches spending money right and left and it makes me wonder if they have forgotten that it is God's money. People have worked hard and given their tithes and offerings for us to steward and sometimes I wonder if that fact has been forgotten.

A couple years ago I was begging our church to get 2 Rio Stage Boxes to expand our channel capacity since we only had 16 channels of inputs on stage (including drums). Our team had denied it since it was a large purchase and didn’t see a need for it at the time. Although I didn’t like it, It forced me to be creative and we were able to free up channels by using a 8 channel Cisco Switch/Dante and we had also found 4 extra inputs underneath the stage from a previous stage plot and had a volunteer come solder them back together and were able to gain four more inputs on stage which gave us the ability to have more than enough with a fraction of the price. We were able to steward people’s money well and come up with a solution and use a volunteers skill to help our department out.

If a budget it made. That budget should be used in the best way possible. Not maxxed out like peoples credit. The people choosing what gets done with the money should have top credit to show they manage their own money well. Someone with very little debt. With the advice and counsel of people who are well versed in the areas that need upgrades or replacement. Not everyone needs line arrays or 100k mixers.

I love this convo, especially after dealing with second guessing a purchase that wasn't planned for. A couple weeks to a month ago i had a amp go out for the mains for the main room and had to purchase a new amp to replace it with but the downside was i didn't know how old the amps were so we had a conversation with the senior leadership and finance team about purchasing both main amps versus just the one (our auditorium is 3 rooms so we have three sets of mains)

I’m agreeable but I also really identify with Nate on the conversation. I have no issues with there being a process and I respect that process, but with some churches I’ve worked with that process was very unclear and inconsistent. Seemingly the process was super quick or even non existent for things that the power that be wanted or cared about (in the tens of thousands though they would say they had no money) but would drag on for years for anything audio related that we needed (even the most basic things). I think we have to constantly be checking heart posture up and down the “org chart”.

I was going to mention Colony House poster missing too. How about the ball cap sitting next to snare on table?

In business you meet the standards or you’ll get fined The church is a business so it needs the standards not the luxury, but the standards For example, a projector projector bulb goes out or brakes to buy another projector. It’s gonna be like $5000 or you can save up and get the LED wall which is better more clear about 10 K plus

Is the Easter egg the in ears on the shelf. Also the Colony house poster is gone.

Standard/Necessities should be met and approved instantly Luxury’s need to be considered not instantly approved For example mixer goes bad needs to be replaced asap “maybe it’s time to get the upgraded one might as well A/C goes bad needs to be replaced Kids ministry need crayons or etc approved asap Now for Pastor wants to do events where easy 5k is going to be wasted when other areas are being neglected

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It’s the stuffed dog tucked behind the guitar on the wall

I didn't know the people would miss the Colony House poster. Put a CH in the comments if I need to convince my wife to bring it back to the studio 🐐