ACCOUNTING AND BOOKKEEPING FOR CHURCHES

Bookkeeping and Accounting for Churches

Know that your finances line up with your ministry priorities—and humble-brag that your books are whiter than snow!

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Put Your Time Into Ministry, Not Number Crunching

At Parable, we are experts in accounting for churches. We enjoy all the nerdy numbers—so you’re freed up to do what God has called you to do.

Make Strategic Decisions Based on Your Church’s Bookkeeping Numbers

Actually understand your financial reports! Your account advisor includes a simple explanation of how on-track you are to achieving your financial goals.

  • Budget-to-actual reports
  • Profit and loss statements
  • Balance sheets

Empower Your Team and Build Trust with Expense Management

Stop hunting down your youth pastor for pizza receipts! Give your team freedom with oversight, and save everyone time.

● Assign Divvy expense cards with customizable spend limits
● Track receipts and complete reimbursements with Expensify

Inspire Your Congregation by Transforming Numbers into Vision

Tell your congregation what God’s doing and what the future holds, and undergird your dreams with reasonable plans.

● Know how much is being spent
● Identify whether spending aligns with priorities
● Transform how you designate money

Gain Confidence by Protecting against Accounting Errors and Fraud

Withstand the scrutiny of auditors and high-dollar givers by knowing your systems protect everyone—both the church and its people.

  • Categorize every dollar
  • Have multiple sets of eyes on every transaction
  • Keep track of which bills you’ve paid
  • Use industry-leading software: QuickBooks Online (QBO), Xero, and BILL.com

Have a Whole Church Accounting Team—Without Doing the Hiring

Our team coordinates your reports and gets you answers and deliverables on time. One less thing for you to worry about!

● Have a single point of contact
● Work with only in-house CPAs and accountants—no independent contractors




How It Works



Kickoff

Meet your new financial team! Learn our systems and processes in accounting for churches.

Setup

Set up software and subscriptions. We determine reporting needs to start managing your church’s accounting.

Healthy Rhythms

Start getting into a cycle of operations, budgeting, and reporting. We scale your financial components to your growth.

Live Out Your Mission!

Go forth and focus on what you’re called to do—without worrying about money!

You Focus on Changing Lives. We’ll Focus on the Numbers.

Book a call with one of our financial storytellers.

We Are Financial Storytellers Making Your Church the Hero!

Parable is a team of church accountants and CPAs with superpowers in bookkeeping, consulting, and accounting for churches.

We are also church planters, missionaries, and mission-minded professionals who understand the difficulties of church financial stewardship. We create systems, procedures, and policies to ensure every bill gets paid and every dollar accomplishes God’s kingdom work.

“[Parable Chief Visionary Officer] Greg Daley was an executive pastor! So he understands the issues of what it means to be on a pastoral staff and the pressures of balancing ministry with financial management.”

Greg Scherer

Board Vice President and CFO Dwelling Place Anaheim Church

 

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