Newsline: 'Best Financial Practices for Your Congregation' workshop

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Newsline: Church of the Brethren News Service, News Director Cheryl 
Brumbaugh-Cayford, 800-323-8039 ext. 260, cobnews@brethren.org

'Best Financial Practices for Your Congregation' to be Feb. 4 in Kansas City: 
Schedule, workshop topics, DVD are available

(Jan. 12, 2012) Elgin, IL -- Government regulations, basic operations and 
compliance tips, and the potential impact of health care reform will be 
examined at an interdenominational tax and benefits workshop titled "Best 
Financial Practices for Your Congregation: Accountability, Transparency, and 
Integrity" on Saturday, Feb. 4, in Kansas City, Mo. 

The event, co-sponsored by Brethren Benefit Trust (BBT), is designed for 
pastors, church treasurers, financial secretaries, stewardship and finance 
committee members, and others involved with church finances. 

Questions that will be discussed include: What can churches expect regarding 
government regulations for congregations in the future? Why is it important to 
work together as faith-based communities in areas of compliance and regulation? 
What do we know and what don't we know about health care reform? Where does one 
go for help when trying to stay current?

The day-long seminar will be led by the Evangelical Council for Financial 
Accountability (ECFA), a Christian financial educational organization. A group 
of member denominations affiliated with the Church Benefits Association, 
including BBT, is sponsoring the event. The Church Benefits Association is an 
association of approximately 50 church pension boards, religious orders, and 
denominational benefit programs for clergy and church professionals.

"Best Financial Practices for Your Congregation: Accountability, Transparency, 
and Integrity" will be held from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Kansas City (Mo.) 
International Airport Marriott. Registration information is available at 
www.ecfa.org/events (scroll down to the "Best Practices Resource Workshop" and 
click on "Register now"). The registration fee of $50 includes lunch.

A DVD with highlights from the workshop will be available for those who are not 
able to attend the event. Contact communicatons@cobbt.org or 800-746-1505 ext. 
376.

Find a flyer giving details about leadership and schedule for the workshop at 
www.brethrenbenefittrust.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Best%20Practices%20Flyer%2012-13-11.pdf
 .

The Church of the Brethren is a Christian denomination committed to continuing 
the work of Jesus peacefully and simply, and to living out its faith in 
community. The denomination is based in the Anabaptist and Pietist faith 
traditions and is one of the three Historic Peace Churches. It celebrated its 
300th anniversary in 2008. It counts some 123,000 members across the United 
States and Puerto Rico, and has missions and sister churches in Nigeria, 
Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and India.

(Brian Solem, publications coordinator for Brethren Benefit Trust, provided 
this release.)

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>For more information contact:

>Cheryl Brumbaugh-Cayford
>Director of News Services
>Church of the Brethren
>1451 Dundee Ave., Elgin, IL 60120
>800-323-8039 ext. 260
>cobnews@brethren.org