{"id":1246,"date":"2014-01-06T08:00:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/?p=1246"},"modified":"2025-05-24T14:54:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T18:54:20","slug":"records-reporting-measure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/records-reporting-measure.htm","title":{"rendered":"Record Keeping &#038; Reporting: Measure Your Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 40px; padding-bottom: 20px; font-size: 9pt; text-align: left;\"><em>If you have not read the section of the site on Church Purpose, please do so now in order for this practicum to be most helpful to you. Click below:<\/em><br \/>\n<center><strong><a title=\"God's purpose for the Church\" href=\"http:\/\/TrainChurchLeaders.com\/church-purpose.htm\">Church Leadership Basics: God&#8217;s Purpose for the Church<\/a><\/strong><\/center><\/div>\n<h2>Why Does a Church Need to Keep Records &amp; Give Reports?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1247\" src=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/record-keeping.jpg\" alt=\"Record Keeping\" width=\"120\" height=\"102\" \/>Having a record keeping and reporting system in place can be helpful for churches as a means of:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 240px;\">\n<li>legal documentation<\/li>\n<li>historical preservation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These reasons can be good and necessary but record keeping and reporting can also be a means of:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li>accountability &#8211; having a standard to measure against<\/li>\n<li>evaluation &#8211; taking the reports and analyzing them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Then, we need to ask how records and reporting align with our church purpose.<\/h2>\n<p>For records and reporting to lead to the last two reasons given in line with our church purpose, we need to ask:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What are the objectives we should be measuring?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What records and reporting are needed to be able to measure it?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">How are the records and reports used?<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the content on this page, the <a href=\"https:\/\/mintools-store.com\/products\/steering-church-toward-gods-purposes-leadership-guide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Steering the Church Toward God&#8217;s Purposes Leadership Guide<\/strong><\/a> provides some brief input and questions to help us think through the last two questions above in light of our practices.<\/p>\n<p>For More on These Topics:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.org\/church-purpose-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Church Purpose Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.org\/church-record-keeping-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Record Keeping Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>All Posts about Records and Reporting:<\/h3><ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li class=\"current\"><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/records-reporting-measure.htm\">Record Keeping &#038; Reporting: Measure Your Objectives<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/record-keeping-reporting-pulse.htm\">Record Keeping &#038; Reporting: Keep Pulse on Body<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/records-reporting-ministry.htm\">Record Keeping &#038; Reporting: Facilitate Ministry<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/records-reporting-growth.htm\">Record Keeping &#038; Reporting: Assess Growth<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-records-management.htm\">Church Records Management<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/transparency-church-records.htm\">Transparency in Church Records Management<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/confidentiality-church-records.htm\">Confidentiality in Church Records Management<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/safe-records.htm\">Responsibility in Church Records Management<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/church-records-hacked.htm\">We&#8217;ve Been Hacked!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trainchurchleaders.com\/practicum\/record-keeping-power.htm\">Record Keeping &#038; 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