“How many of you have a dollar bill on you tonight? Hold them up.” I made that comment one Sunday night in late December at the church I was pastoring. It was the typical Sunday night crowd of around 150 adults and youth. Across the sanctuary, hands went up, waving...
Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. Here is a preview of this week’s Journal. What do you do when your well-meaning WMU ladies want to publicize the Lottie Moon Christmas by putting a poster on your pulpit? That was the dilemma a young pastor encountered right out of seminary....
Most churches pray before they take up the offering, but I want to ask you to pray FOR the offering. Before I do that, let me make the case for why we take up a weekly offering. We have a mission here at YOUR CHURCH NAME. Our mission is, STATE...
As you work to build out your end-of-year message, don’t forget to build a social media strategy. Here are my recommendations on how to use social media. Avoid these Common Mistakes Churches Make on Social Media Not utilizing it at all. If you want to reach your neighborhood, you will find them...
How wide is your back door? Every church has a back door. Ask any church leader about their backdoor, and they will talk about membership and attendance numbers. Everyone knows churches must work to keep people engaged or they will walk out the back door. My goal with this issue...
We have been going through our email inboxes of questions when we received this. “We are at a difficult time at our church due to a major employer in our area laying off and cutting salaries. We’ve lost core families, and our financial base is much smaller.” That pastor’s thoughts...
The Stewardship Journal continues to help pastors and church leaders build a platform of stewardship. We are nearing the end of our second year and looking forward to continuing to provide you with the best stewardship advice with the Stewardship Journal. Here is a preview of this week’s Journal. “We are...
It has been a challenging year for our economy! Recession or not, the price of everything is up, and consumers are cutting their budget and spending to make ends meet. Would you like to know what segment of our economy is recession-proof? Candy sales! Since we are gearing up for Halloween...
Since most of #GivingTuesday’s gifts are digital, you need a great email appeal. Let’s talk email basics! Warm your list! I recommend sending out an email blast a week or several days before your #GivingTuesday blast. This is called warming the list. It allows you to weed out those emails that...
Have you given any thought to this year’s #GivingTuesday? I’m finishing the updates on my yearly playbook, The 2022 #GivingTuesday Playbook. Every year I dedicate an issue of the Coach towards helping you benefit from this worldwide charitable push with my annual #GivingTuesday Preview. What is #GivingTuesday? #GivingTuesday is a movement...
