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There  is  an  area  of  concern                          observations  I  came  across

        which  I  think  contributed  to                          during my examinations:

        records            being           lost        or            1. Bank  reconciliation  was

        misplaced  and  that  is  the                                    not        done         by        many

        inadequacy or lack of proper                                     churches.  As  a  result

        storage  space  for  records  in                                 bank            charges              and

        our churches. It is a common

        feature  that  records  are                                      interest were not picked

        stored in the                                                    up.
                                                                     2. Church insurance are not


         homes  of  officers  for  safe                                  paid  promptly;  and  in  a
        keeping.                                                         few instances not paid at

                                                                         all.  This  resulted  in  an

        This situation is not ideal and                                  accumulation                            of

        steps  should  be  taken  to

        address  it.  Please  note  that                                 outstanding                 amounts

        temporary                records             are                 owed  to  the  conference.

        destroyed on decision of the                                     In  a  few  instances  the

        church  board  and  under  the                                   amounts             owed           were

        supervision of a deacon after                                    more  than  the  total

        being kept for a minimum of                                      church  funds.  The  good

        seven years.

                                                                         news is that most of the

        SUMMARY OF FINDINGS                                              churches in this situation
                                                                         have  taken  steps  to


        Listed hereunder are some of                                     address it.
        the             more                frequent                 3. Omissions                                of


                                                                         transactions  from  the
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