tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post3867525000197006424..comments2024-03-27T08:37:26.489-04:00Comments on Not Another Episcopal Church Blog: Updating Petition Nominee Linder+Undergroundpewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-86147089804212183962009-11-01T21:34:23.650-05:002009-11-01T21:34:23.650-05:00Creative accounting strikes again?Creative accounting strikes again?Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-79954980508429596242009-11-01T21:24:32.774-05:002009-11-01T21:24:32.774-05:00Hmmm! I see I had a typo in my previous. The budg...Hmmm! I see I had a typo in my previous. The budget for my former parish was around $250K not $350K. <br /><br />My bad!Allen Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00853861649876959271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-81702141351401565212009-10-31T16:41:17.034-04:002009-10-31T16:41:17.034-04:00Fr. Linder may be referring to the percentage of t...Fr. Linder may be referring to the percentage of the <em>discretionary</em> part of the budget: i.e. the part that is left over after taking care of fixed overhead expenses such as building maintenance, saleries and taxes,utilities, diocesan assessment, etc..<br /><br />In my experience, the discretionary part of a congregation's budget is usually less than half of the overall budget. My former parish had a budget of around $350 K. After factoring out the fixed part of building maintenance and upkeep, salaries, pension, etc., the discretionary part that was left was $50K or <em>one fifth</em> of the overall budget. So the $8000 we budgeted for the Outreach Committee amounted to 16% of our discretionary budget.<br /><br />Thet may be what Fr. Linder is doing here. It probably is not an attempt at deception. But you would have to look at the overall budget figures to determine that.Allen Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00853861649876959271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-29108854362882207602009-10-31T09:47:25.638-04:002009-10-31T09:47:25.638-04:00Here in the Diocese of Atlanta we wound up with ou...Here in the Diocese of Atlanta we wound up with our current bishop because of financial irregularities of the guy who had been elected.<br /><br />Money management may not seem to be an important skill in a bishop, but it is. If a candidate gets all wonky with budget numbers, then he will have trouble dealing with the rest of reality as well.<br /><br />Bennison's problems began with his over-optimistic misuse of funds.mousestalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640977915382623244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7107887.post-79611644810501822452009-10-31T05:52:51.855-04:002009-10-31T05:52:51.855-04:00"The second quality is to be trustworthy. In ..."The second quality is to be trustworthy. In order to<br />have a meaningful and fruitful relationship with God’s people and Church there must be trust—<br />assured reliance on the character, ability, and truth of the leader."<br />I wonder if this includes using accurate budget numbers to create an image of a (25%) large outreach commitment? Or is this merely a "misleading" representation?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com