Freedom to Serve: What, who, and how you need to run your ministry’s finances so you can focus on your calling

Freedom to Serve is a book for ministers, nonprofit executive directors, and lay leaders who need to steward money, but aren’t trained in financial management and can’t or don’t want to manage it themselves. According to church CFO Jonathan Ankney, there are three simple questions to answer: what do we need so our ministry can manage money, who do we need to help our ministry manage money, and how do we bring them together to maximize financial impact? Without using numbers or accounting jargon, he explains the financial tools available and the people the reader needs to create a reliable accounting and finance department for their church or ministry. Written in everyday language, it is a quick yet thoughtful read, with supplemental materials provided through the author’s web site.