God is a generous God, and he has called us to be generous people. One of the greatest joys we have as followers of Jesus is to be a part of what He is doing in the world. We do that by investing our time, our abilities, and our finances. South Fellowship Church is full of people who have given sacrificially and joyfully for many years and the Kingdom of God has grown because of it. What a joy!

There are a few things we want you to know about stewardship of the finances at South Fellowship:

• As a leadership team (staff, elders, and deacons), we make it our goal to be generous with the finances we are entrusted with. We give over 10% of our operating income towards missions (global and local) and we allow 75+ outside organizations to use our facility on an annual basis. There is a cost to using our building in that way, but we believe it’s worth it! in addition, we operate a Food bank that serves 70-100 people every week. generosity is part of our DNA.
• We make it our goal to operate with total transparency regarding our books. If you have questions about the way we are spending the money you entrust to the church, please don’t hesitate to ask. We are a part of ECFA (Evangelical Council of Financial Accountability) so that we have an outside organization making sure we are using finances in an appropriate manner.
• We want to operate as a church with good financial principles, but we also want to train our people to be good stewards of their finances. To that end, we offer Financial Peace University twice each year. Check our website for more details on an upcoming class.
• Staff salaries comprise roughly 50% of our operating budget. We have made it our goal to hire great staff and to pay them a fair wage. To that end, the compensation committee reviews staff salaries every 2 years. They use research complied by an outside organization that gives a salary range for each position (it takes into account the geographic location, size of the church, responsibility of the role, etc.). It is our goal to be in middle/upper-middle for each position.
• As elders, we recognize that we will give an account to the Lord for the way that we use church money. We take that very seriously. Our goal is that every dime and dollar given is used to make much of the name of Jesus!

If you have any questions about the finances at South Fellowship, please contact our Director of Accounting, Jesse Bean, at [email protected].