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Ministry Regrets: Top 7 Do-Overs for Pastors

5. Failure to understand basic business and finance issues.

“The first time I saw my church’s budget, I thought I was looking at a foreign language. Greek is a lot easier than finance.

They sure don’t teach you basic church finance and business at seminary, and I didn’t take the initiative to educate myself.

I really felt stupid in so many of the discussions about the budget or other church business issues.”