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| The Rev. Jon Moore |
STRONG ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS - The Rev. Jon Moore, a mission engagement advisor for 1001 New Worshiping Communities, had a real-life example to explain the relationship new worshiping communities have with the presbyteries in which they do ministry.
As part of the online Pandemic & Property conference put on by the Mid Council Financial Network, Moore appeared alongside Kathy Hill Long, the business manager for the Presbytery of Los Ranchos. They called their workshop “New Worshiping Communities and Property.”
Moore said the presbytery has administrative guidelines in place for groups seeking to be recognized as an official new worshiping community. “A lot of communities see themselves as a Bible fellowship,” Long said. “There may be cultural differences” — for example, “everything is run on a handshake and a promise. But they are also a business, and this is what we do for our best practices.”
All seven new worshiping communities in the Presbytery of Los Ranchos are new immigrant communities, Long said. “Some are so new they take all their donations in cash and keep them in a shoebox, with no financial accounting.”
That kind of practice doesn’t last long ...
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