Keeping Track: Managing Your Church Assets

Keeping Track: Managing Your Church Assets is a practical guide to help parishes, dioceses and church leaders care for the physical and historical assets entrusted to them. It outlines clear steps for documenting buildings, property and artifacts, and offers guidance for protecting heritage items and making faithful decisions when property changes or ministries end.

Suggested uses

• Orientation for parish leaders responsible for buildings, archives or asset stewardship
• Training for volunteers creating or updating inventories of property, artifacts or stained glass
• Support for diocesan staff guiding parishes through property assessment or transition
• Reference during planning for relocation, consolidation or property disposition

Key themes

• Responsible stewardship of church buildings, property and heritage items
• Clear and consistent inventory practices at parish, diocesan and national levels
• Care for records, artifacts and architectural features such as stained glass
• Faithful decision-making around redundant or transitioning church property

Best suited for: clergy, wardens, parish administrators, diocesan property staff, archivists, heritage committees and volunteers involved in asset stewardship or property transitions.