Monthly relevant www.bcidot org reading

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Jim Bramer, Retired Auditor-CPA
Web Site: http://www.bcidot.org/ Email Address: Jim@bcidot.org
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                    TO: Interested Onliners                                                                                                                  RE: Relevant www.bcidot.org Readings

        In these efforts we try to emphasize, or highlight, certain Ministry Finance Team (MFTeam) and/or Righteous Personal Finance topics via www.bcidot.org.   Please notice what is said about the "FINFAX" Accounting system when you Click Here. Also be aware that when you Click Here you will find a website about "Spending Controls" that is designed to assist the "Ministry Finance Team of Small Christ-Centered Ministries" plus also help "Christian Believers." I trust you find the following website also of interest.   www.rpfin.org
        Please let me know at Jim@bcidot.org if you have any comments or questions concerning anything here. Thank you.

1> "J I M's Monthly J R N L"

       Jim Bramer has been reading about Internet Bloggers as people capture and publish their thoughts like in a diary or journal --- plus they often link to other areas of the Internet as they go through this process.   JIM's JRNL process will parallel a Blogger effort as he monthly shares certain things that come into his life pertaining to Ministry Finance Teams - MFTeams.  and Righteous Personal Finance -- please Click Here for specifics. Each edition includes his regular monthly TRUISM , plus a copy of one of his Editorials .   Please Click Here for access to a recent JIM's JRNL and Click Here and go to an alphabetical list of topics covered in recent editions.
       To automatically receive JIM's JRNL, please join the following Yahoo Group:   ---- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JIMsJRNL/.   We compile JIM's JRNL during the month and then send it to you via this Yahoo Group so you can usually link to it during the 1st week of the subsequent month.
         Please Email him at Jim@bcidot.org if you have comments or questions about any of these topics.
       Please let us know if any of the links herein do not work.   Also a list of our produced Web documents is located at 9707.and 9708

   2> When you Click Here you will find that we now have more Computer/Internet resources designed to help Christians and their families as they control all of their purchases ..... or such methods are not limited to cash purchases only.   Hopefully the content of 0400   will be helpful.

   3>   If you are a SmallMin, or a Christian Ministry that operates on some $500.000 or less a year, and you are comfortable using secure portions of the Internet, please note the Brads Nest of Bees resource; also .go to ATF and/or to FINFAX and let us know if you are interested in such endeavors. Please go to 0175 , 0927 and 0930 for some current thoughts re these areas of the Internet, or Web, to do Ministry Finance applications.

   4>    When you click on Two Sides of the Same Coin you get a little different perspective of your accounting system needing to provide you with a more complete view of the essentials mentioned in 0031.   Please Click Here and read a recent editorial (0933 below) on the general topic of NOT making buying decisions on Bank Balances info only.
            Please Click here for a list of our editorials

Current "signature" documents on www.bcidot.org are:

0041 ---- Ministry Fund Accounting basics etc
0601 ---- The use of QuickBooks (QBs) to do Ministry Fund Accounting .
0400 --- The eEnvelope personal finance budget alternative process
4999 ---- Information about Righteous Personal Finance
0021 ---- Donation Subsidiary Accounting not involving QBs ---
        sometimes such software is called DonaMail
5005 --- Sample of Church Financial Policies
0925 --- Email and Forum/Board participation Methods
0933 --   "Where" and "Why" you have money

    This publication originated in October 2002 and was UPTD: November 11, 2008 Contact: Jim@bcidot.org for more information.

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       (1) An Online Document, or WRIT (Writing), may be applicable to all Ministries, or it may be designed for just groups like: Evangelical Church, School, Missionary Agency or Organization, Christian Camp / Conference, or other named group.
        (2) WRIT formats include the perspective of   Jim@bcidot.org via IOMs (Inter-Office Memos) to the Ministry Finance Team (MFTeam); THRDs, or a hypothetical Online conversation (thread) with members of a MFTeam; FWIW; A periodic editorial (For What it is Worth); TRUISM, or believed Ministry Finance principles; or via a FAQ, or a response to Frequently Asked Questions.