Deep faithed treasurers

Lately I've been thinking about how churches budget and spend money.

My conclusion?

I think the person with the deepest faith should be the treasurer. The person most in touch with the character of God and the plans He has for the local church should hold the purse-strings.

The budget for a church should be dictated by what God is doing, not the bottom line of the financial sheets. This needs faith to determine, sell to others and implement. It may be counter-intuitive, but perhaps the finance committee should be viewed as a space for those of rich faith, not merely capable accountants.

If the treasurer can set a vision before the people of what God is doing, then the congregation can jump on board and commit to raise the funds to make that happen.

I'm not sure how matching last years budget or keeping up with CPI is showing or stepping out in faith.

Maybe it has to do with those who entrust to set the budget?