"JIMs  JRNL" Edition
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                     TO:  Interested Onliners                                                                                                                   FROM: Jim Bramer, Retired Auditor-CPA     
                                   
                     RE: For the month of July 2007                                                                                                        FILE:  0207-07/jrnl   

Purpose of "JIMs  JRNL":  is to help your  Ministry Finance Team  be more effective plus assist Christians to control their spending

PREFACE:

         As most of you know, we have the following two websites: www.bcidot.org --  with a "Ministry Finance Helps" emphasis, plus  www.qbuxbox.org ,  with a "Spending Control Helps" thrust. The focus is to assist Small Ministries (SmallMins) who handle $500,000 or less per annum and Christian Believers in their pursuit of   "Righteous Personal Finance."     There are over 700 web pages within these two websites.  Some 600 times, within 175 of these web pages, we have made reference to the Internet or some type of Online endeavor.

THIS MONTH'S ENTIRE EMPHASIS:

         With this in mind, this July 2007 edition of JIMs JRNL edition concentrates on the meaningful use of such Internet/Online resources with respect to the use of Computers/Software for essential financial management/stewardship issues as:

>>  A SmallMin does the appropriate Ministry record keeping so the leaders will know their applicable fiscal status and results of operations in accordance with annual plans converted to dollars (Budgets).
>>  Accounting/reporting of "Spoken For" monies, which I usually refer to as   "Special Purpose Funds",
>>  And the SmallMin accounts for its Donations or Contribution Income, etc.
>>  Plus, as a Christian Believer,  you meaningfully "book keep" so you timely know the status of your personal finances so you can make appropriate spending decisions.

My REQUEST of YOU:

     This "Blogger" like monthly endeavor (99) allows me to share some personal comments/thoughts as to Ministry Finance issues plus matters concerning Righteous Personal Finance for Christian people.  Please go to  0200  for further explanation and links to earlier JIM's JRNLs.  The four digit links  xxxx  and some  "Click Here" info contained herein come from www.bcidot.org  or  www.qbuxbox.org  sources. 
    If you would like to receive the next monthly JIM's JRNL during the first week of the subsequent month,  please join the following Yahoo Group:   ---- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JIMsJRNL/.    Caution --- the “Links that are "NOT"  via Jim Bramer”  above do NOT necessarily imply my endorsement.  Further, if any link herein does not work, let me know which one at Jim@bcidot.org.  Lists of our  www.bcidot.org  articles (or Web Docs) during  2005, 2006 and 2007 can be found at  9705,  9706  and  9707

 Probable "Ministry Finance Lingo", or "Frequently Used Vocational Terms" used herein, appear below:

            BLVR =  Someone who has accepted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, CBA = Church Business Administrator, CBAer;  CMS = Church Management Software/System;  CPA = Certified Public Accountant;  GAAP = Generally Accepted Accounting Principles/Practices;  GPFund or GPF = General Purpose Fund; MFTeam or MFT= Ministry Finance Team;  QBOE = QuickBooks Online Edition;  QBooks or QBs = Quickbooks; RPFin  = Righteous Personal Finance , SPFunds or SPFs = Special Purpose Funds

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This document was updated last on:  July 05, 2008