Record Keeping Reminder

It never ceases to amaze me how as church leaders we have a tendency to keep closets full of old church items but fail to maintain critical legal and business records. On several occasions, I found my self asking a church client if they have a certain record only to discover it has either been thrown out, lost or destroyed. May I suggest the following: if you have not done it already, open a file cabinet drawer to begin maintaining these important church documents:

• Interview notes of prospective employees
• Employee records
• IRS records
• Insurance records, including policies and declaration pages
• Minutes of Board of Directors/Deacon Meetings
• File of each weekly church bulletin.
• Committee Meetings
• Record of your member’s names and addresses
• Annual Accounting or Financial Records
• Articles of Incorporation/Constitution/Bylaws and all Amendments
• Names and Addresses of all Directors and Officers