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Jim Bramer, Retired Auditor-CPA
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2628 E. Goshen Ave - Fresno, CA 93720 - Filtered phone number is: (559) 298-5507

                    TO: Interested Onliners                                                                         RE: Available Resources

                We provide via www.bcidot.org certain resources for the Ministry Finance Team (MFTeam) -- please Go Here for more details. A thrust is for such entities to make full use of Contemporary Tools (computer systems and the Internet). An example is the eFINFAX Accounting system.
                As of November 2009 I provide a Free eBook on this topic:   Finances at Christian Ministries.
                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 that you also find the contents of Brads Nest of Bees website of value.
                Please let me know at Jim@bcidot.org if you have any comments or questions concerning anything here. Thank you.

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

       I have 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 I monthly shares certain things that come into my life pertaining to Ministry Finance Teams -- please Click Here for specifics. Each edition includes the regular TRUISM , plus usually a copy of one of my Editorials .   Please Click Here for access to a recent JIM's JRNL.
       To automatically receive JIM's JRNL, please join the following Yahoo Group:   ---- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JIMsJRNL/.   JIM's JRNL is compiled and then send it to you via this Yahoo Group so you can link to it.
         Please Email me 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 9708    9709 and 9710

   02>   If you are a "Small Christ-Centered Ministry" that operates on some $500.000 or less a year, and you are comfortable using secure portions of the Internet, please note Brad's Nest of Bees resources and eFINFAX mentioned above and let us know if you are interested in such endeavors. Please go to Go Here , Here and Here for some current thoughts re these areas of the Internet, or Web, to do Ministry Finance applications.

   03>    Please go to Editorials for a list of my FOR WHAT IT IS WORTH writings.   Please Go Here and read a recent editorial about "Where" and "Why" you have money and on the general topic of NOT making buying decisions on Bank Balances info only. When you click on Two Sides of the Same Coin you also get a little different perspective of your accounting system. Please also note the essentials mentioned when you Click Here.

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 .
0699 ---- List of QBs links as used for Ministries
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

    This publication originated in October 2002 and was UPTD: March 08, 2010 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.