Observations

Many of you heard the Living Church report given by Wayne Lynch, the consultant that the Capital Campaign Committee has been using to study the feasibility of carrying out a capital campaign. During our meetings with him, Wayne was pointing out a number of positive findings about the church, and I asked him to share them with the church. Here are some of his observations:

- Tenth has audits conducted by a CPA firm and has unqualified opinions (i. e. the finances are in order).
- Tenth has no debt (an issue many churches are struggling with today).
- Tenth has finished with a surplus each year.
- Giving is very healthy as analyzed by per attendee, per adult, or per giving unit. (Of the eight most recent churches our firm has surveyed Tenth’s per attendee giving ranks second.)
- An extremely high level of interest in the future of the church exists, and a strong passion to see the church be effective in reaching the world for Christ.