Overview: Financial Plan & Generosity

Status

Implementation status: In Process

Principle (from Streamline)

Lukaszewski's principle: 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

The year-round Generosity Plan was adopted by the Board of Finance on June 4, 2026, with owners and backups assigned for each element. See Generosity Plan (Adopted June 4, 2026). A few items remain in process: a measurable giving-gap target and timeline, the online-giving target (ten-point vs ten-percent, by November 1, 2026), the ten-percent external designation on the February offering, and whether estimate-of-giving cards remain in the plan.

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
• RPW alignment sign-off from elders

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