Videos
Strengthen Your Integrity as a Pastor and a Church
It’s an ancient concept and the word integrity entered the English language in the 1400’s. Integrity is an unimpaired condition, a soundness of mind and action. The goal is to strengthen pastors and churches in soundness of mind and action.
Can Your Church Be Trusted? These 7 Standards Can Help
Michael Martin
President, ECFA
Jake Lapp
Vice President of Member Accountability, ECFA
Tone at the Top
Mike Batts
Managing Partner, BMWL
5 Curious and Little Explored Questions that Link Integrity, Biblical Stewardship and Leadership
Brad Leeper
Executive Vice President,
Generis
Financial Reporting to Enhance Integrity
Chris Lewis
Senior Relationship Manager
Thrivent Church Financing
Integrity is Revealed (not created) in a Sexual Abuse Crisis
Gregory S. Love
Attorney at Love & Norris
Founder of MinistrySafe
Resources: MinistrySafe XPastor page
What It Means to Live with Integrity
David Middlebrook
Attorney, The Church Lawyers
The Role of Your Church Board in Providing Financial Oversight
Rob Faulk
Partner and Church and Denomination Services Director, CapinCrouse
Featured Guest
Guardrails for Integrity
Bobby Schuller
Lead pastor, Shepherd’s Grove Presbyterian Church and host and preaching pastor of Hour of Power
Leadership Integrity Has Never Been More Important: What’s Your Plan to Care for and Support Your Leader?
Michael Martin
President, ECFA
Mindy Caliguire
Co-Founder & President, Soul Care
Warren Bird
Senior Vice President for Research and Equipping, ECFA
Interviewing for Integrity and Assessing a Candidate’s Recovery from a Fall
William Vanderbloemen
CEO & Founder, Vanderbloemen
Technology and the Influence on Church Business Integrity
Greg Wilhelm
Product Operations Coordinator, Tithe.ly
Maintaining Discipleship Integrity in the Hybrid Church World
Chris Sharpe
CRO, Subsplash
Be the 20
Mark Ashcraft
Senior Architectural Project Manager, Parkhill
Nick Cooper
Faith-Based Practice Leader, Parkhill
Lead with Intent—Integrity Lessons from South Africa and the African Continent
Hermann Du Plessis
Director & Founder, Themba Thandeka Leadership Institute
Resources: Lead with Intent – Integrity
Bonus Material
Integrity in Finances: Preventing Fraud
Vonna Laue
Senior Editorial Advisor, ChurchLaw&Tax
A nationwide survey of more than 700 church leaders conducted by Church Law & Tax shows nearly one-third serve in congregations that have suffered from some form of financial misconduct. Half occurred within the past 10 years. And Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary’s Center for the Study of Global Christianity estimates church fraud globally will total $70 billion a year by 2025.
Most forms of fraud occur because of easy opportunities, notes CPA Vonna Laue, a senior editorial advisor for Church Law & Tax who helped lead the research project. In this video interview, Laue further unpacks the survey findings, what leaders can learn from these findings, and several steps churches can take to immediately reduce vulnerabilities.
Church leaders must evaluate fraud prevention as part of a larger commitment to integrity for their operations. Toward that end, Laue also shares more about “Safeguarding Your Church’s Finances,” an online video training course she developed with Church Law & Tax to help boards, senior leaders, and staff members and volunteers get smarter and savvier about fraud prevention.
Strengthen Integrity by Delegating to Others!
Brooke Cecil
Director of Client Relations, BELAY
Integrity in Financial Counsel from Your Bank
Steve Hron
Vice President in the Faith and Ministry Financial Services, Cass Commercial Bank
Articles to Strength Church & Pastoral Integrity
A Rule of Life for Executive Pastors in 2022
As I write this, it’s less than three weeks until 2022. Budgets are, by and large, complete. The staff [...]
I’m a Controlling Pastor
The following is an anonymous article from a pastor. It could be from a senior or executive pastor, or [...]
Wolves Feasting on Lambs
Pastors and church leaders are biblically aware that predators will prey on their church. One of the biblical roles [...]
When We Let Staff Members Go
What Is Ours to Do When We Let Staff Members Go? A blanket of sadness covered the office that [...]
Switching Off in an Always On World
There is much conversation these days regarding the Great Resignation. Is it coming? Yes, for some. For those of you that [...]
Three Strategies that Protect from Ransomware
Ransomware is a serious threat that costs a lot of unbudgeted dollars to fix. Effective protection is available! Here’s [...]
When Embezzlement is Discovered
The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability has a downloadable PDF detailing what to do when fraud is discovered.1 When a [...]
WheatFields’ Report Card on Risk Management
In Fletch’s book, Predators—The Case of the Church Embezzler, uses a fictional case study of WheatFields Good News Church. [...]
WheatFields’ Report Card on Embezzlement
In Fletch’s book, Predators—The Case of the Church Embezzler, he uses a fictional case study of WheatFields Good News [...]
Red Flags of Embezzlement
This material is from The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. With its mission of Enhancing Trust, ECFA now certifies [...]
WheatFields’ Report Card on Volunteer Screening
In Fletch’s book, Predators—The Case of the Church Embezzler, uses a fictional case study of WheatFields Good News Church. [...]
WheatFields’ Report Card on Church Safety
In Fletch’s book, Predators—The Case of the Church Embezzler, uses a fictional case study of WheatFields Good News Church. [...]
From Pastors in Sutherland Springs, Texas
On May 19, 2019, David and Tami Fletcher met for over three hours with Frank Pomeroy, Pastor of the [...]
Communicating a Crisis
Depending on the nature of the crisis, there are various levels of communication necessary. Determine the facts of the [...]
A Federal Agent on Safety & Concealed Weapons
Often a Risk Management Team will begin as WheatFields’ did—see The Case of the Church Embezzler.” The church knows [...]
Tools for Averting Predators—Preventing and Discovering Fraud
These tools are provided by The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. With its mission of Enhancing Trust, ECFA now [...]