The Crisis in the Churches: Spiritual Malaise, Fiscal Woe

Rating:
Summary: Pretty Good
Review: I decided to read this book, because as treasurer of my church, I knew that there was insufficient financial planning taking place. I had just finished reading a 5-star book on the same subject called "Money Matters" by Dean R. Hoge, et. al. I found this book to be more difficult reading, and I didn't immediately catch on to what the author was trying to accomplish. This book doesn't have the statistical emphasis that "Money Matters" has, but instead the author spends a great deal of time interviewing people about their attitudes on church finances. Knowing peoples' beliefs is key to success in church finance work, because many conscientious members do not necessarily have studied views on church finance that are well grounded from a Biblical standpoint! That may be somewhat hard to believe, but the author brings this out as the book progresses.

I almost gave up on reading this book, but I hung in there. Now, I am glad that I finished it, because by the time it ended it yielded some very interesting information and was very helpful to me.