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storage  space  for  records  in                                 interest were not picked

        our churches. It is a common                                     up.

        feature  that  records  are                                  2. Church insurance are not

        stored in the                                                    paid  promptly;  and  in  a



         homes  of  officers  for  safe                                  few instances not paid at

        keeping.                                                         all.  This  resulted  in  an

                                                                         accumulation                            of

        This situation is not ideal and                                  outstanding                 amounts

        steps  should  be  taken  to                                     owed  to  the  conference.

        address  it.  Please  note  that                                 In  a  few  instances  the

        temporary                records             are

        destroyed on decision of the                                     amounts             owed           were

        church  board  and  under  the                                   more  than  the  total

        supervision of a deacon after                                    church  funds.  The  good
        being kept for a minimum of                                      news is that most of the

        seven years.                                                     churches in this situation

                                                                         have  taken  steps  to

        SUMMARY OF FINDINGS                                              address it.



        Listed hereunder are some of                                 3. Omissions                                of

        the             more                frequent                     transactions  from  the

        observations  I  came  across                                    ledger: receipts, cheques

        during my examinations:                                          and                     conference

            1. Bank  reconciliation  was                                 contributions                         for

               not        done          by       many                    crusades.


               churches.  As  a  result                              4. Some  churches  raised

               bank            charges              and                  loans from the Revolving
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