PENYUSUNAN LAPORAN KEUANGAN GEREJA BERBASIS APLIKASI LAPORAN KEUANGAN PAROKI

Abstrak

Science and Technology Activities for the Community (IbM) in the form of basic accounting training aims to improve the knowledge and skills of accounting for pastors and church administrators in the preparation of church financial reports based on the application of the parish financial statements. The problems, there are pastors and church administrators do not have sufficient knowledge base in accounting. In addition, they find it difficult to determine the beginning and ending of the period cash balance. So far the accounting records carried out are still very simple and on the other hand the Manado Diocese has published accounting guidelines for the parish. The specific purpose of this activity is to provide training for the preparation of church financial reports based on the application of the parish financial statements. With the training, it is expected that the knowledge and skills of pastors and Church administration executives related to accounting can be increased and cash balances can be determined so that the parish financial statements can be generated through existing applications. This training activity was held in one of the Catholic churches in Manado. Pastors and church administrators are parties in a parish. The method in this training is the basic tutorial on accounting and accounting for the parish and the preparation of application-based reports. The results of this training add to the knowledge and accounting skills of pastors and church administrators who have an impact on the increase in the ability of each participant in preparing application-based financial statements. This activity also had an impact on the establishment of cooperation between the Manado State Polytechnic as a center of applied knowledge and the community as a knowledge users.