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General Standards

• Stewardship Responsibility
• General Criteria for Determining a Permissible Expense
• Sufficient Funds
• Lack of Funding
• Order of Pay
• Remove or Denied Expense Requests

Submission Requests

• Submission Request Types
• Alternative Expense Submission Types
• Expense Submission Forms
• Submission Timeframe
• Payment Dates
• Submission Review and Approval
• Receipt Guidelines

Specific Guidance by Expenses Types

• Recurring Expenses (- Ministry Expense (ME) Bonus, Monthly Phone Service)
• Conferences, Retreats, and Mission Trips
• International Worker Expenses
• Licensed Counselor Expenses (- for those who serve as a licensed counselor)
• Office Expenses
• Other Ministry Expenses (- Equipment, Continuing Education, Gifts, etc.)
• Technology
• Travel

General Standards

Stewardship Responsibility

As noted in the policy linked above, field staff are expected to utilize sound judgment and careful financial management regarding ministry-related expenses. This means ensuring that Reliant financial resources are used appropriately; supporting the ministry; complying with Reliant policies, applicable laws, regulations, and donor restrictions; and considering the ministry's reputation of the ministry in the sense that we strive for propriety in both fact and appearance. Our stewardship responsibility also means utilizing Reliant's non-profit status for ministry purposes alone and not for personal benefit (e.g., avoiding state sales tax on personal items). 

General Criteria for Determining A Permissible Expense

As noted in the policy linked above, the general criteria for determining whether an expense qualifies for reimbursement are that the expense must be:

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Submission Request Types

Payment of a ministry expense may be completed through the following types of submission requests:

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