This summer across America, large and small churches in big cities and small hamlets will be holding what is perhaps the greatest evangelistic rally ever, Vacation Bible School. If you doubt that, consider this fact from the American Bible Society, which states that 83% of people who come to Christ...
Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. It Must Be Summer; VBS is Approaching is our lead post. Many of you reading this are only weeks away from the launch of your VBS. I believe you will enjoy this post which contains a brief interview with Pastor Greg Fine of...
Do you have your summer giving plan in place? Here are two examples of how you can increase the percentage of giving coming automatically to your church this summer. First, consider a direct mail send to your top giving leaders. Here is a sample. Dear _____________, We are set to have the...
Every time I visit Europe, I come home depressed. My wife and I just returned from visiting my daughter’s family in Germany, where my son-in-law is stationed in the Army. This is the second time, thanks to the Army, one of our kids has provided us with a free bed...
By Mark Brooks, posted at https://www.onlinegiving.org/blog A recent Lifeway Research poll of active church members found that only 8% of the respondents had made their giving recurring! This May would be a great time to increase the average number of your members setting up their giving to be recurring. A recent...
Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. We have been focusing on setting up a summer giving plan to help you avoid any slump in giving. We start this edition of the Journal with our lead post, Why May is a Good Time to Focus on Recurring Giving. According to...
Avoid these Common Mistakes Churches Make in Social Media Not utilizing it at all. If you want to reach your neighborhood, you will find them on social media. Setting it up and then leaving it. Posts that are weeks or months old show a lack of interest. Making it all about the church....
Get a story, work your story, tell your story, and people will give money to help support that story. That is one of my long-time mantras. You are starting into one of your most exciting ministry times of the year and one of the most challenging giving times of the...
“Can you coach me on how to increase giving at my church?” That was the first question Florida Pastor Dr. John Cross asked me one afternoon while driving down a back-road Indiana highway. At the time, he was at South Biscayne Church in the Sarasota area. His church was exploding...
Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. Are you on social media? According to our lead post, How Social Media Can Advance Your Summer Missions, 59% of the world's population uses social media.The average daily usage of social media is 2 hours and 31 minutes. With that kind of usage, it...
