Department: FINANCES
What is the ETI? The Employment Tax Incentive (“ETI”) was introduced with the objective of generating employment opportunities for young and less experienced work seekers The incentive reduces the cost of hiring young people to employers through a co...
13 November 2023
Letsgo Giving Site Letsgo Ministries was created as a platform to help the church build the Kingdom according to the heart of God and Shofar’s mandate. Letsgo Give is a vehicle for the Shofar movement to serve the needy, the poor, and the destitute b...
2 September 2020
Dear Pastors For many years we wanted to increase the capacity of our base/regional churches to facilitate growth within the region and specifically to empower them to plant churches. One step that we recognised necessary to achieve this is the reall...
15 June 2020
There is a nifty feature in SharePoint that allows you to sync / pin your SharePoint site files directly to the sidebar of Windows Explorer (Windows) or your Finder (Mac OS). This will not only give you quick access to your site files but also sync t...
26 July 2018
We realise that there is (and will probably continue) to be a lot of changes at the SC Finance department For this reason we have a few generic email addresses that will continue to operate, irrespective of staff changes, so that you can alway...
8 February 2018
We are shaking things up a bit for 2018, in the way that we approach finances for the churches. And we are taking a whole new fully online approach. Which means, no more printing and physical files. The only filing will be done online using Microsoft...
2 February 2018
As Shofar has a presence on many student campuses across South Africa, a need to provide financial assistance to students within a local congregation, in the form of a bursary, has been identified. This bursary is then also a way to provide a future...
11 January 2018
When it comes to financial wellness there is a lot of different aspects and things to take into account, and merging good financial principles with biblical stewardship remains a challenge. Financial wellness deals with Retirement Savings, Debt Manag...
4 August 2017
We know that starting a budget for an event could be daunting, what must be budgeted for? How do I determine my ticket prices? What if I miss something? We have compiled a budget template for events, to help in this regard and list a few consideratio...
4 August 2017
Giving donations and assisting church members is part of every day church activities, but keeping track of these or remembering why a donation was given could be very difficult, especially when the external auditors request reasons a year later....
18 July 2017