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In this episode, Chris speaks to Tim Wyatt about the common pitfalls of poor financial governance in Churches, as well as what you can do to make your church financially resilient.

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Simo Frestadius is the Vice Principal of Regents Theological College in Malvern, and lectures in Apologetics. Simo did his BA (Hons) in Applied Theology and MA in Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies at Regents Theological College, and completed his PhD in Pentecostal philosophical theology at the University of Birmingham. He is an ordained minister in the Elim Pentecostal Church, and during his ministry in training helped to lead a ‘missional church.’ Simo is originally from Finland, although he spent most of his childhood in Tanzania. He is married to Caroline and they have three children.

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Today’s podcast is all about budgeting, and this week's podcast guest is Sam Lewis, who is the co-founder of ExpensePlus - a brilliant fund accounting package designed for churches

Before ExpensePlus, Sam worked for 7 years as the operations manager of a large multi-site church in Leeds. During that time, he helped his church save significant amounts of time and money through the implementation of better systems and processes.

Sam is passionate about supporting churches to simplify and streamline their financial processes and equipping churches to manage their finances well. Alongside David Person, Sam helped write many of the finance guidance pages on the AOG Intranet.

Sam is married with 3 children, and he lives in Leeds. He loves board games, DIY, spending time with family, getting out into the Yorkshire Dales and being part of kids' ministry team at church

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