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Is Your Giving Running on All Cylinders?
As we enter into summer the most challenging time for giving I want to ask, “Is your giving running on all cylinders?” A car is a great thing to have when they run. Even a running car however needs...
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The Church is Racing Towards a Pearl Harbor
The Church is racing towards a Pearl Harbor that will sink its ability to do missions and ministry! As I write this Americans have just celebrated the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings that...
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How the Lack of Focus is Robbing Churches of the Funding They Need
If we are ever going to reverse the decline in giving we must understand how the lack of focus is robbing churches of the funding they need. For so long churches have not had to really worry about...
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If the Best Athletes Have a Coach Why Don’t You?
If the best athletes have a coach why don’t you? The best athletes work to get better. My friend Jimmy Washington once visited the training camp of the Indianapolis Colts the year after their then...
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How To Make Your Offering Exciting
If you are ever going to improve your giving you must learn how to make your offering exciting! Frankly the offering is the most boring moment of the worship service. Most of the time it is an...
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Are You Desperate For Help?
Are you desperate? Are you desperate for help as a result of your giving not being what it needs to be? Do you find Monday mornings a drag when the financial report is given? Are you already behind...
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How to Find a Capital Campaign Partner
The first step towards successfully raising the funds you need is to know how to find a capital campaign partner. Most churches fail at this point. They ask the wrong questions, arrived at faulty...
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Never Hold a Capital Campaign Without First Doing a Feasibility Study!
If you want to successfully raise the funds you need then never hold a capital campaign without first doing a feasibility study! Few companies take the time to invest in setting the stage for success....
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You Need a 24/7 365 Giving Partner
If you are going to be successful raising funds for a capital campaign you need a 24/7 365 giving partner! Ronnie Floyd one of my client pastors and the president of the Southern Baptist Convention...
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End the Old Year by Thinking and Planning the New Year
This last week of the year wise leaders end the old year by thinking and planning the New Year. This is especially true when it comes to planning for any increase in giving. A key factor for everyone...
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What I Have Learned From 18 Years
On October 1st I will start my 19th year working in the stewardship industry and I want to share with you what I have learned from 18 years. These are just some of the many observations I have made...
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Yes You Can Raise Money For Buildings! If…
Amidst all the negativity that is out there about the decline of the church I want to say, “Yes you can raise money for buildings! If…” I read a lot on the state of the church and giving. It’s what...
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Passion is the Fuel for Success
Vision paves the road for a great capital campaign but passion is the fuel for success. I have been telling church leaders for years that vision is what gains dollars for any and everything in the...
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How to Earn the Right to Ask
Before you start your next capital campaign you had better learn how to earn the right to ask. If you have a capital campaign that is more than six months from now you need to start building the...
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How You Start Determines Where You Will End Up
In capital campaigns how you start determines where you will end up. My mentor, Dave Sutherland used to say, “You never have to recover from a good start.” Most churches get off to a bad start before...
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Announcing! Major Changes at The Charis Group
Announcing! Major changes at The Charis Group are coming soon! Raising dollars for projects or to pay off debt has become increasingly difficult these days. Our society is in the midst of great...
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Why You Need to be Careful What You Promise
Ask George Bush Sr. why you need to be careful what you promise. The elder Bush when he ran for president the first time made this promise. Then after he got into the White House guess what? He had...
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How to Use End of Year Appeals to Increase Campaign Giving
Do you know how to use end of year appeals to increase campaign giving? End of year giving is huge for charities and churches alike. Consider that 25% of a charities yearly income comes in the last...
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