{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Three Budget Areas Your Church is Underfunding","description":" Most church budget conversations focus on what to cut. But what if the real problem is what you're not funding? In this episode, Scott and A.J. make the case that churches are dangerously underfunding three key areas \u2014 and the cost shows up in plateaus, burnout, and declining impact long before leaders realize why. Scott Ball and A.J. Mathieu are the hosts of the Church Revitalization Podcast and consultants with The Malphurs Group, a church health and strategic planning organization helping churches across the country move from plateau and decline toward fruitful, sustainable ministry. In this episode: [00:02:17] \u2014 Leadership Development: Why your biggest budget line item (personnel) is undermined when you invest nothing in developing those people [00:07:22] \u2014 Guest Experience & First Impressions: Signage, facilities, and follow-up systems \u2014 the areas churches know need work but never budget for [00:16:03] \u2014 Strategic Planning & Church Health: Why a one-time retreat with ideas on a whiteboard isn't a plan \u2014 and what it actually costs you not to plan [00:21:25] \u2014 Recap & Challenge: Three categories that are dangerously underfunded in most churches, and a practical challenge for each Resources & Links: \ud83d\udd17 Free 7-Day Trial \u2014 https:\/\/healthychurchestoolkit.com \ud83d\udcd6 Full article \u2014 https:\/\/malphursgroup.com\/332 \ud83d\udcb3 TapConnect (save 10% with code TMG10) \u2014 https:\/\/tapconnect.church \ud83d\udcd8 Facebook \u2014 https:\/\/facebook.com\/malphursgroup \ud83d\udcf8 Instagram \u2014 https:\/\/instagram.com\/malphursgroup \u25b6\ufe0f YouTube \u2014 https:\/\/youtube.com\/themalphursgroup \ud83d\udc26 X \u2014 https:\/\/x.com\/malphursgroup ","author_name":"The Church Revitalization Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/malphursgroup.com\/podcast","html":"