Overview: Financial Plan & Generosity

Status

Implementation status: In Process

Principle (from Streamline)

Lukaszewski's principle (placeholder): A healthy church has an annual generosity plan — not just a budget — that names the biblical language of giving, identifies touchpoints across the year, and is aligned with worship rather than bolted on.

Mayflower's Current Practice

Week 5 of the implementation. Work in progress: identifying annual generosity touchpoints, drafting biblical generosity language, aligning the plan with the Regulative Principle of Worship (RPW), drafting the generosity communication plan, and reviewing with elders. Due June 30, 2026.

Governance & Document References

• Mayflower Constitution and Bylaws — Board of Finance, Church Treasurer, Financial Secretary sections
• Position Descriptions #06 Board of Finance Member, #07 Church Treasurer, #09 Financial Secretary

Open Questions

• Final biblical generosity language
• Exact cadence of generosity touchpoints across the year
• RPW alignment sign-off from elders

Page template: Principle + Mayflower Practice. Part of The Streamline Admin System, adapted from Michael Lukaszewski's Streamline: How To Create Healthy Church Systems.