by Cecil Benjamin | Oct 12, 2022 | Churches, Cyber Security, Financial Management, Risk, Security, Systems
For the background to this blog please read: Cyber security for all of us Part 1 The starting point for dealing with cyber security is to realise that cyber attack/breach/hack can happen to anyone – there is no discrimination: small, individual, family, church,...
by Cecil Benjamin | Oct 5, 2022 | Churches, Financial Management, Risk, Security, Systems
What’s the most important asset you have? What’s the most important asset your church or NFP owns/holds? What is the most valuable information that your church or NFP has access to? The recent high profile cyber security breach by one of our largest comms companies...
by Cecil Benjamin | Jul 13, 2021 | Churches, Financial Management, Risk, Security, Systems
At Benkorp we’re interested in the success of your general IT and not just the accounts and bookkeeping Cyber security is for almost everyone these days – that is, everyone who uses or owns a device that uses the internet. Because bookkeeping and accounting are...
by Cecil Benjamin | Jul 15, 2020 | Churches, Covid 19, Financial Management, JobKeeper, Not For Profit, Risk, Systems
We’re all approaching a cliff near the end of September, the “cash cliff” Will you ‘fly or fall’? Here are some reflections on what this can mean for our churches and organisations and ourselves, including some practical points about what can be done now. As you know...
by Jeanette Korporaal | Jul 7, 2020 | Churches, Covid 19, Financial Management, Payroll, Risk
The basic principle is that “each employee’s annual wage is high enough to cover the award entitlements” Many churches have people working on their staff who fall under the Clerks—Private Sector Award. On the 1st March 2020 the Fair Work Commission introduced a major...
by Jeanette Korporaal | Nov 26, 2019 | Churches, Financial Management, Risk, Save Time, Systems
This article is another in our series about “5 Principles to Raise the Financial Management of your church for God’s Glory”. This time we focus on Principle 1 – We are called to be above reproach What does it mean to be above reproach? The Bible speaks of being...