The Arketar Journal

Practical writing for people who keep ministries running.

Field notes on stewardship, true fund accounting, online giving, security and the operational craft of leading a modern church.

Stewardship

Building a giving culture that scales with your church.

Recurring giving is up 28% across churches that publish giving-statement transparency monthly. Here's the playbook.

Sarah Owusu · Feb 28 · 6 min
Operations

Roles & permissions that match how your ministry actually works.

Stop fighting your software's idea of roles. A practical pattern for elders, deacons, treasurers, group leaders and volunteers.

David Boateng · Feb 21 · 7 min
Fund accounting

5 reports every treasurer should run on the first of the month.

The five reports that catch 90% of issues before they hit your board meeting — and how to automate them.

Esi Asante · Feb 14 · 5 min
Operations

From printed forms to digital workflows in 30 days.

A four-week migration plan we've used with 40+ churches. Includes the exact form templates we start with.

Kwame Nyantakyi · Feb 7 · 8 min
Tech & security

Cybersecurity basics every church staff should know in 2026.

Phishing attacks against churches doubled last year. A 30-minute checklist that closes 80% of the gap.

Albert Mensah · Jan 31 · 6 min
Growth & people

How small groups turn first-time visitors into long-term members.

Data from 12,000 members across 80 churches: where retention actually happens, and how to engineer for it.

Adwoa Mensah · Jan 24 · 7 min
Fund accounting

Restricted vs. unrestricted: a 10-minute explainer for non-finance leaders.

The single concept that separates compliant nonprofits from the ones that get into trouble with their boards.

Esi Asante · Jan 17 · 4 min
Stewardship

Year-end giving statements that don't take three weeks.

How to automate giving statements with one click, including the IRS-compliant language and pre-print PDF templates.

Sarah Owusu · Jan 10 · 5 min
Tech & security

Why we built Arketar on PostgreSQL + PostgREST.

The architectural choices behind a multi-tenant ministry platform. SQL-first, no ORM, row-level security in production.

Albert Mensah · Jan 3 · 11 min

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