FIN
Bookkeeping
We enter donations, categorize receipts, reconcile every account and close the year, so your board gets numbers it can trust.
- Entering donations
- Categorizing receipts
- Reconciliation
- Year-end filings
- Donor receipts
No one gets into ministry for the admin.
Most ministries your size can’t fund an executive pastor or an operations director, and many never will. The work still has to get done, and right now it lands on you.
The office manager moved on.
Now the bulletin, the volunteer schedule, and the receipts all come back to you.
Your best volunteers are tired.
They’re carrying more than they signed up for, and you can see it.
The books are behind.
Or someone left them in a mess, and your board wants numbers it can trust.
You keep saying you should get on social media.
And you have… sort of, but the last post was from Easter.
We can’t make the task easy. But we can make it easier.
Art Source: Gerard Jollain, Jethro’s Visit, 1670. Moses judges the people from morning till evening (Exodus 18:13) while Jethro arrives with his family.
Four ways we carry the load
Each one takes a kind of work off your desk and keeps it running every month.
EA
Executive assistance
We keep the inbox and the calendar, schedule volunteers, take event requests and have the board packet ready before the meeting.
- Inbox management
- Calendar management
- Volunteer scheduling
- Event intake
- Board meeting packets
COMMS
Communications
Our newest service. We write the posts, the newsletter and the weekly announcements, upload the sermon and promote what’s coming.
- Social media posts
- Newsletter
- Weekly announcements
- Sermon uploads
- Event promotion
CUSTOM
Custom projects
We assess your systems, form new nonprofits, set up QuickBooks, move you off old software and build the workflows that keep it running.
- Systems assessment
- Nonprofit formation
- QuickBooks setup
- Software migrations
- Workflow builds
Priced to fit your ministry
A small church and a church-planting network need different amounts of help, so there is no one rate card. Every partnership is uniquely priced, from its real scope.
- Scope
- Fitted to the work you actually hand over.
- Proposal
- The scope and the fee in writing, before any work starts.
- Price
- Held while your board decides.
- Trial
- 60 days to see the work first.
- Term
- Year to year after that, with 60 days’ notice to end.
Partnership, not a ticket queue
Conversation
30 minutes
A first call to hear what’s weighing on you and where the gaps are.
Proposal
In writing
Scope and pricing fitted to your ministry, before any work starts.
Trial
60 days
We start with a trial so you can see the work before you commit.
Ongoing support
Every month
A steady rhythm, with reporting you can take to your board.
About us
“The thing is too heavy for you. You are not able to do it alone.”
Jethro’s advice
The name comes from the Bible, in Exodus 18. After Israel left Egypt, Moses’ father-in-law, Jethro, a priest of Midian, came to see him in the wilderness. The next day he watched Moses sit as judge for the people from morning till evening, hearing every case himself.
Jethro told him plainly, “What you are doing is not good.” Then he showed him a better way. Moses would keep the work only he could do: standing before God for the people and teaching them the way they should walk. Able, trustworthy people would take the rest, bringing only the great matters to him. “So it will be easier for you,” Jethro said, “and they will bear the burden with you.”
That is the work we do. We build the structure that carries the load, so leaders can give themselves to the work only they can do.
What XP means
Three things at once: “XP” is an abbreviation for the executive pastor that most small nonprofits can’t hire, “XP” also resembles the Chi-Rho, the ancient monogram for the rule of Christ, and it’s an abbreviation for the service we hope to provide: a Jethro Experience.
Art Source, background: The Meeting of Moses and Jethro, from Thronus Justitiae, 1606.
What ministry leaders are saying
“This is everything we needed and more… well done!”
“This is one of the most valuable things we’ve done as a leadership team.”
Joel Prather, pastor
“So much better than I anticipated.”
Joshua E., ministry leader
“You are amazing and we were privileged to have you on our side…”
Alex Wilgus, program director
“You are a treasure!! What a tremendous resource.”
Ross K., denominational leader
“Our financial documents and accountability to all our funders has never been in such good shape.”
David Rebey, pastor
We serve churches, church-planting networks and Christian nonprofits across the country.
Questions we hear often
Can you work with us remotely?
Yes. Our work is remote, so we can serve ministries anywhere in the country.
Do we have to switch software?
Almost never. We work in QuickBooks Online, Google Workspace and the church management tools you already use.
Is there a long contract?
Every partnership starts with a 60-day trial. After that, agreements run year to year with 60 days’ notice to end.
Who will we work with?
A small, named team. You’ll always know who is doing your work and how to reach them.
Who’s Adam?
Adam Gosnell founded JethroXP after nearly two decades of partnering with pastors and ministry leaders across the US, carrying the operational work so they can lead. He lives in Greater Austin, Texas, with his wife, Rebecca, and their children. He enjoys chess, having a big beard, and is an avid indoorsman.
Let’s take something off your plate.
Tell us what’s weighing on you. A 30-minute call is enough to see whether we’re a fit.
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