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Episode366: What to Do With a Budget Surplus

Podcast: Enduring Churches Podcast with Alan and Trent
Published: Mar 15, 2026
Duration seconds: 1133
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Episode 366: 8 Ways to Use a Budget Surplus 1. Fund a deferred maintenance account2. Increase your mission giving.3. Subsidize mission trips among your members.4. Support a church plant.5. Start a new ministry.6. Explore staff need and staff pay.7. Consider building improvements.8. Begin a fund for Insurance/Self-insurance.