The Episcopal Church Foundation has helped churches raise millions of dollars for the missions and ministries of the church. ECF offers guidance in running capital campaigns for programs, facilities and outreach; annual giving campaigns; and planned giving as well. Visit their Growing Financial Capacity site.

Finding Hope in Hard Times, Seven Spiritual Practices:  A Faithful Steward's Guide offers practical steps and prayerful reflections in how we can individually and as a faith community adapt to the troubling reality of our fragile and weakened economy. Download a copy of this booklet. (PDF format)

Vital Practices may be the best website source for Vestry development going.

Vestry Papers is a bi-monthly web publication for vestries. Must-reading.

Tools for Treasurers and Parish Clerks
The Episcopal Church Pension Fund has created a number of must-have guides that every parish vestry should have on hand.

Parochial Reports & Filing

The Audit Guide for Churches Every parish is required by Canon to conduct an annual audit in accordance with federal law for not-for-profit corporations. This official church publication offers a step-by-step guide to conducting the annual audit.

The Manual of Business Methods in Church Affairs is the go-to source published by the church and sets out all the guidelines for conducting fiduciary and other business matters of the parish church. 168-page PDF download. Save it to your hard drive for easy reference.

Records Management for Congregations: A Manual for Episcopal Parishes and Missions contains guidelines for how to record and maintain many vital parish records. A must-have for parish clerks.

Robert's Rules of Order