Preparing for a Capital Campaign Part 1 of 4 When a campaign isn’t successful, it usually comes back to a handful of common mistakes that… Read More »Acknowledgments as a Foundation for Donor Relationships
Creating an Effective Capital Campaign – Part 4 There are times we ask our church members to step up and help us fund a major… Read More »Acknowledging Campaign Donors
Creating an Effective Capital Campaign – Part 3 Chances are good that your church is or will one day soon consider a capital campaign to… Read More »Conducting the Silent Phase
From the series, Conducting the Silent Phase of Your Capital Campaign. Most organizations rush into capital campaigns. And it’s understandable – we have a desperate… Read More »Getting Input from Your Key Donors
Creating an Effective Capital Campaign – Part 1 At some point in the life of your church, you’ll likely need to implement a capital campaign.… Read More »Steps to Feasibility
Our best givers in our churches usually are generous supporters of other organizations, too. The difficult truth is that those other charitable causes often do… Read More »Effective Donor Engagement for Churches – Part 4
In this series, we’re applying the best practice development concepts of The Four-Part Cycle of Donor Engagement to the church setting. We’re sharing ideas and… Read More »Effective Donor Engagement for Churches – Part 3
Donors are often stewarded more impactfully by the nonprofit organizations they support than by the church they tithe to. In this series, we are tailoring… Read More »Effective Donor Engagement for Churches – Part 2
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
“Fundraising is, first and foremost, a form of ministry. It is a way of announcing our vision and inviting other people into our mission.” These… Read More »Making Change Part 4: Generosity Models for the Church
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
In this blog series, we’re pausing to reflect on where and who we are in meeting the needs of our congregation. We’re examining how to… Read More »Making Change Part 2: Generosity Models for the Church
