Church Security Answer Man

10 Practices to minimize theft of ministry monies 1. Rotation Volunteers and employees who help with counting the offering should be rotated on a regular basis.  No one should stay in the role indefinitely and the use of multiple, unrelated people will make it more difficult to skim dollars from the offering.    Routes should also be rotated…how do we take the money from collection in the auditorium to the office or counting room.  When it comes to rotation, also rotating who takes the money to the bank and the routes which they use to take the money to the bank.  2. Safes Cash and checks should be kept securely in a locked safe until it is delivered to the bank.  Get a safe with a drop slot so that it doesn’t require someone to open it to make a deposit into it.  Have a policy that the safe is only opened by two people and the combination is limited to a few people who do not have a key to the room the safe is kept.   3. Two-Person Rule The cash handling policy should have a strict two person rule, stating