Accounting and Money for Ministerial Leadership: Key Practical and Theological Insights
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Overview
This book will help seminary students and ministers with no training in accounting to expand their core management competency and church leadership skills to include basic issues of finance and accounting. It will also provide pastors/ministers with financial management orientation to become better leaders/managers of their churches and organizations. Specifically, this book is designed to bring pastors, ministers, and seminary students up to speed in the language of accounting and money in contemporary American society. It gives them practical resources for effective (not hands-on) management of church finances. Among others, it will offer training on basic accounting and budgeting, reading of financial reports, and elementary tax and legal issues in order to develop pastors’/students’ core competency in stewardship leadership. After going through this book, most students and pastors should be able to read, exegete, and make sense of the financial reports that will be given to them by church accountants (treasurers, finance committees). This book helps pastors to understand and interpret the accounting and monetary issues of their ministries in a professional and theologically sound way.
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"As a seminary leader who received negligible training in
accounting, this book is a valuable resource to me personally as I
seek to engage in transformative leadership. I will assign this
book in my courses for seminary students, recommend it to
colleagues in pastoral ministry, and use it for my own continued
leadership growth."
--Sarah B. Drummond, Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for
Academic Affairs, Andover Newton Theological School
"Accounting and Money for Ministerial Leadership is a truly
original, valuable, even essential contribution. Thoughtful,
learned, and practical, this introduction should be read not only
by pastors, seminarians, treasurers, and church finance committees,
but equally by CFOs, investment managers, bankers, and accountants.
It is anchored in state-of-the-art accounting, in broad-ranging
economic and theological perspectives, and in convincing biblical
authority."
--David W. Gill, Director, Mockler Center for Faith and Ethics in
the Workplace, Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary
Product Details
- Title : Accounting and Money for Ministerial Leadership: Key Practical and Theological Insights
- Author: Wariboko, Nimi
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Publication Date: 2013
- ISBN: 9781621897200
Nimi Wariboko is a distinguished scholar and the Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics at Boston University’s School of Theology. Born in Abonnema, Rivers State, Nigeria, he has a multifaceted academic and professional background that integrates economics, finance, theology, and ethics. Wariboko holds a BSc in Economics (First Class Honors) from the University of Port Harcourt, an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Columbia University, and a PhD in Economic Ethics from Princeton Theological Seminary.
In addition to his academic roles, Wariboko was appointed the Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University in 2024. His scholarship focuses on the intersection of social ethics, economic development, African social traditions, and Pentecostal studies. He has authored over 30 books and more than 100 journal articles and book chapters, contributing significantly to the fields of Christian ethics, African studies, and global Pentecostalism.
Wariboko’s work is characterized by a transdisciplinary approach, blending insights from theology, philosophy, economics, and African traditions to address contemporary issues of social justice, poverty, and economic development. His commitment to integrating African perspectives into global academic discourse has made him a prominent figure in the study of world Christianity and African social thought.