The Importance of Knowing Your Giving Metrics
The following was published at https://www.onlinegiving.org/support/the-importance-of-knowing-your-giving-metrics Here is a question we ask every church leader. “How is giving at your church?” We follow that up by asking, “Is giving growing not only by amount but by the number of people giving?” Then we ask, “Do you have many new givers, and are any of your […]
9 Questions to Evaluate Your Church’s Giving Health
33 Questions to Evaluate Your Church’s Health. That was the subject line of a recent email I received from Baptist Press. It’s an interesting read and provides a helpful analysis of the spiritual condition of a church. What I found amazing was that there was nothing said about stewardship. Few, if any, studies ever link […]
The Strength of the SBC Lies in the Local Church
“What will you do if your side loses?” That was a question a reporter asked me at a Southern Baptist Convention in the late-1980s as I was getting into an elevator at the Convention headquarters hotel. Waiting in line for the elevator, we started a conversation that continued until he got off. Right before he […]
From the Desk of Our Executive Director
Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. We are days away from the annual SBC Convention. Mark Brooks starts the lead post in this week’s Stewardship Journal, sharing a question a reporter asked him years ago. What will you do if your side loses? He shares important lessons for all of us as we […]