Build a Good Platform That Drives Donations
Build a Good Platform That Drives Donations A platform is essentially a vision of what you are working to achieve. A platform is what you are attempting to rally people to support. It is a party or...
View Article5 Key Thoughts About The Decline in Giving and Your Church
5 Key Thoughts About The Decline in Giving and Your Church Giving to religion is projected to decline in 2013! You have probably seen those headlines or something similar. Several studies are showing...
View ArticleIs Your Church Destined to be a Health Spa?
Is your church destined to be a health spa? Could the above picture of a former church be a future picture of your church? If the current trend is not reversed it could well be. At the current pace...
View ArticleHow to Use the Best Driver for End of Year Giving
Do you know how to use the best driver for end of year giving? 28% of all gifts to charities come in December so you better have the right driver! Golfers know that one of the keys to a great game is...
View ArticleThirty Minutes a Week Could Save Your Budget!
Thirty minutes a week could save your budget if you will spend that time wisely. If you think I am exaggerating I might be a bit. Perhaps the title and lead line should read, “Spend some time talking...
View ArticleWhy It’s Time to Start Thinking About 2014 Giving
Why it’s time to start thinking about 2014 giving. I know that might sound strange but you do realize we are only days away from the New Year? I know you are consumed with plans for the Holidays but...
View ArticleWill You Wait Until It’s Too Late?
Will you wait until it’s too late to make budget this year? The other day I received another desperate email from a church. In part here is what it said, “We are running in the red right now about...
View ArticleWrite it Right Or Don’t Write It
Write it right or don’t write it is my mantra about end of year appeal letters! Tis the season for end of year appeal letters. Why should you send out an end of year appeal letter? 22% of all the...
View ArticleIt’s Late But it is Not Too Late to Increase End of Year Giving!
Cross Church Makes Giving Easy! It is late but it is not too late to increase end of year giving! Last year I helped Cross Church of Northwest Arkansas, one of America’s largest churches, see the...
View ArticleSix Steps to Make Your End of Year Appeal More Effective
Follow these six steps to make your end of year appeal more effective. 22% of charities yearly gifts come the last two days of the year! How could your church capitalize upon that? Let me share six...
View ArticleHow to Use the Last Sunday’s in December to Raise Funds
Want to know how to use the last Sunday’s in December to raise funds? Read on… Earlier in the year a study came out talking about the need to use multiple platforms to build your message to...
View ArticleHow to Raise Your Giving 63%!
Would you like to know how to raise your giving 63%? Phillips Temple of Dayton, Ohio has seen giving increase from 2004 through last year by 63%! While that number alone is impressive what is even...
View ArticlePastors Have to Change Their Thinking
Pastor Ronnie Floyd of Cross Church “Pastors have to change their thinking.” That was the comment of Pastor Ronnie Floyd of Cross Church in Northwest Arkansas one of the largest churches in America....
View ArticleHow to Attract Last Second Giving
Close your giving year out right by learning how to attract last second giving. It is late in the year but it is not too late to do something to see your giving increase. As I have been harping on...
View ArticleAn Example of How to Use Facebook to Raise Funds
https://www.facebook.com/mychristchurch Christ Church pastor Shane Bishop gives us an example of how to use Facebook to raise funds. Christ Church has been a client of mine for almost a decade. We...
View ArticleLessons the Church Can Learn From Recent Holiday Sales
Taken from http://www.statista.com Are there lessons the Church can learn from recent holiday sales? Christmas is over and retailers and shippers are trying to pick up the pieces. While it is still...
View ArticleHow To Fully Fund 2014: Begin With the End in Mind
If your church wants to know how to fully fund 2014; begin with the end in mind. In 1989 Stephen R. Covey wrote the international best seller entitled, “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.”...
View ArticleHow Smaller Churches Can Get Giving Help
Large church pastors need giving help! Sitting in Joel Osteen’s dining room talking about raising $100 million dollars was one of my stewardship highlights. Yet before I could get big headed a few...
View ArticleHow to Preach a Series on Giving
Dr. Ronnie Floyd’s new sermon series on giving In this post I want to talk to you about how to preach a series on giving. Before I do that I want to share with you key statistics about preaching on...
View ArticleYou Need to Start a Giving Plan NOW!
Pastor Shane Bishop of Christ Church outside of St. Louis You need to start a giving plan now! Why? All across the country yesterday church services were either cancelled or attendance was greatly...
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