The national decline in church membership and participation points to an inevitable shrinking of financial resources. Churches have to re-evaluate how they’re inspiring donors and… Read More »Four Philanthropy Essentials for the Church – Part 4
The national decline in church membership and participation points to an inevitable shrinking of financial resources. Churches have to re-evaluate how they’re inspiring donors and… Read More »Four Philanthropy Essentials for the Church – Part 3
The national decline in church membership and participation points to an inevitable shrinking of financial resources. Churches have to re-evaluate how they’re inspiring donors and… Read More »Four Philanthropy Essentials for the Church – Part 2
“There are two times I hear from the church about my giving: asking for my stewardship pledge and letting me know if I got behind… Read More »Four Philanthropy Essentials for the Church
You need a church bookkeeping system that not only tracks expenses and income, but also tracks your assets and liabilities. How to do church bookkeeping… Read More »How to Do Church Bookkeeping
Top givers in our churches today are also generous supporters of other organizations – causes and charities for which they also have a passion. In… Read More »Effective Donor Engagement for Churches – Part 1
As leaders of churches, we receive so many requests that demand our time, energy, and resources, especially when it comes to church funds. No matter… Read More »Criteria for Giving to Missions
In this blog series, we’re looking at Biblical generosity models to re-energize and inspire new strategies for stewardship. In the first two posts, we paused… Read More »Making Change Part 3: Generosity Models for the Church
Part 2 of a 4 part series Your church’s donors have questions and more than likely, they won’t ask them of you. In this blog… Read More »What Your Givers Want to Know (…and likely won’t ask) Part 2
Part two of Five Strategies to Engage Donors Right Now Looking for concrete ways to engage your donors? In this blog series, we’re looking at… Read More »Engage Donors and Acknowledge Past Faithfulness
At the outset of the pandemic, there was an immediate focus on giving (born out by the mass transition made to online/eGiving) as churches recognized… Read More »Pastors: How to Reestablish a Giving Mindset
Fundraising is ministry. In this series, we’re exploring lessons from theologian Henri Nouwen’s transformational book, The Spirituality of Fundraising, that can reframe how we ask… Read More »The Three Characteristics of the Cheerful Giver – Part 2
