Generous Churches don’t happen by accident. A generous Church is borne out of proper planning and a work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of a Church’s members. Below I explore the building blocks of a generous Church. Doing just one thing is unlikely to make your Church generous. Read more …
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8 Reasons your members don’t give generously
It would be nice if all our weekly attendees gave regularly to Church. But the statistics show that the average Christian is only giving around 2% of net income. Worse still, 30% of regular attendees give nothing at all. That’s right, nothing! So, why are our members giving so little? Read more …
How to fundraise over the phone
Fundraising over the phone is common among educational institutions who want to keep alumni involved. When I was at Regent University as a student, I would volunteer in the annual alumni phone-a-thon. It is one of the programs the school use to touch base with its graduates and to invite Read more …
Where is stewardship in the Bible?
Make a quick Google search of the word stewardship and several similar meanings may come up: > Stewardship means the management or care of something, particularly the kind that works. If your company is making money, there’s probably been careful stewardship. > The conducting, supervising, or managing of something; especially Read more …
Fundraising Planning Worksheet
Good planning is a pre-requisite for the success of any fundraising campaign. While we know that it is God who provides the resources for His Kingdom work, we have a responsibility to do our part in planning and implementation. Before you launch your fundraising campaign, make sure that you have Read more …
What to do when a Pastor is underpaid
An unfortunate result of a pastor being underpaid is that it ultimately hurts not just the minister but the congregation as well. A pastor who is not adequately compensated is not a happy minister. He is most likely harassed and disillusioned, even to the point of questioning his calling. His Read more …
The Freewill Offering
There are two kinds of giving taught in the Scriptures: one is compulsory or mandatory such as to the government in the form of taxes, while the other one is voluntary, such as when giving an offering to God. To differentiate the two, we have to look closely at how Read more …
The Spiritual Side of Fundraising
Henri Nouwen, a Catholic theologian, has a small booklet entitled the “Spirituality of Fundraising,” which I require my fundraising class to read. It never ceases to impact the readers in the way they view fundraising as a spiritual activity. Viewed as a ministry, Nouwen says that “fundraising is as spiritual Read more …
God’s Funding Method
We know that God is the owner and therefore, the provider of everything that is needed to fund His Kingdom work on earth. However, He uses people to mobilize His resources and accomplish His purposes. The book of Nehemiah makes a great case study for God’s funding method. God was Read more …
Church Finances – some things I’ve learned…..
Sometimes it’s hard to pinpoint exactly where you’ve learned something – through a conversation, something you’ve read, something you’ve seen – but over time your experience builds and you just have a deeper insight than you did ten years ago. That’s the case here with these church finance ideas Read more …