"Developing Premarital Counseling Forms"

I hope everybody had a Blessed Easter! Please take a quick moment out of your busy schedule to see how to develop Premarital Counseling forms along with downloading the free sample forms and Premarital Counseling Sessions Certificate (picture to right).

Also, check out "Setting Up a Housing Allowance" that is available to ministers, and "QuickBooks for Nonprofits" eBook or paperpack book that will not want to live without if you work with QuickBooks (accounting software).

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Contents-At-A-Glance

• "Developing Premartial Counseling Forms"
  
• QuickBooks® for Nonprofits
  
• Setting Up a Housing Allowance
  
• FreeChurchForms.com New Web Pages with New Forms
  
• Shepherdbase (Church Membership Database)
  
• Church Forms CD
  
• Church Office Package – Special Limited Offer
  
• Free eBook - ”Top 10 Tips on How to Organize Your Office”
  
• FreeChurchForms.com Table of Contents
  

"Developing Premartial Counseling Forms"

In our state of Oklahoma if you have at least 4 hours of premarital counseling you can get a discount on your marriage license. In some states, the Premarital Counseling Certificate (free to download below) is enough for them to bring to get discount and then in some states you have to fill out their specific state forms and then the counselor, groom-to-be and bride-to-be will be required to sign and date the form also.

I have a sample Marriage Preparation Questionnaire below free to download that you have your bride and groom-to-be fill out before coming to the first premarital counseling session. Premarital Counseling questionnaires or forms should at least include:

• First and Last Name
• Fiance's First and Last Name
• Phone Number(s)
• Wedding Date
• Questions that will help the counselor before the counseling starts such as:
  • Where are you from origially?
  • Have you been married before? If yes, when did divorce take place?
  • Have you had any previous counseling? If yes, explain.
  • Do you have children? If yes, name(s) and age(s) of chilren.
  • Do you have siblings? If yes, how many?
  • Are your parents alive? If yes, describe your relationship with your parents. How close do they live? Are they supportive of your wedding plans?
  • What is our religious background?
  • Describe your devotion to your faith?
• Groom-to-be's Signature
• Current Date

QuickBooks® for Nonprofits

I just recently told you about this book and since then Lisa London, CPA (author of these books) has came out with the "QuickBooks® for Nonprofit Organizations, Associations, & Clubs" (eBook or paperback) which covers a lot more than just churches.

Lisa is an affiliate of mine and I had the privilege of meeting Lisa personally just recently and she is a very unique, extremely intelligent and precious person who has the same burden as I do to help God's people. She has the only church accounting guide to the #1 bestselling financial software.
Bookkeeping for churches can be quite different than for-profit businesses, or even non-profit organizations. Most books and guides available today are focused on either QuickBooks or church accounting alone, but not both. QuickBooks® for Churches and Other Religious Organizations is the only Quickbooks guidebook written especially for churches.

Lisa will walk you through QuickBooks from start to finish, complete with examples, terminology, and everything a busy church administrator or bookkeeper needs to know.

This book is written for the beginner and advanced church bookkeepers alike, in a friendly and easy-to-understand style. It includes:

• Step-by-step instructions on how to set up QuickBooks and utilize it more efficiently for your church
• Valuable tips on how to make QuickBooks work better for churches, both large and small
• Numerous illustrative screenshots and time-saving shortcuts

• "QuickBooks® for Churches and Other Religious Organizations" by Lisa London, CPA

• "QuickBooks® for Nonprofits (eBook)" by Lisa London, CPA

• "QuickBooks® for Nonprofits (Paperback Book)" by Lisa London, CPA

Setting Up a Housing Allowance

It is simply a portion of a minister’s compensation that is so designated in advance by the minister’s employing church.

It is very beneficial for ministers because an allowance for housing is excluded from federal income tax. However, it is not exempt from the minister’s self-employment tax...more on that later.

In order to qualify for the exclusion from federal income tax, two very important conditions must be satisfied:

• The housing allowance must be board approved before it was paid (A housing allowance is NEVER retroactive)
• The minister actually spent the allowance on eligible housing expenses during the year

Your church does not have anything to do with the second condition. The minister has the responsibility of tracking actual housing expenses and determining the fair rental value of the housing.

Click Here to Read More on "Setting Up a Housing Allowance".

FreeChurchForms.com New Web Pages with New Forms

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