Balancing money and mission in a local church budget

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-237

  Irvine, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Religion; Society

Indexed keywords

EID: 18244396340     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570510588733     Document Type: Article

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