From The Stewardship Journal Team

How clear is your vision? Welcome back to another issue of the Stewardship Journal. We pray you had a great 4th of July and are ready to get back into action. We are ready with another Journal, picking up our theme of raising capital dollars for the future. Mark Brooks, The Stewardship Coach, picks back […]

From My Desk to Yours

How clear is your vision? Welcome back to another issue of the Stewardship Journal. I pray you had a great 4th of July and are ready to get back into action. We are ready with another Journal, picking up our theme of raising capital dollars for the future. Mark Brooks, The Stewardship Coach, picks back […]

It Starts With a Vision

If you want to raise significant dollars in a capital campaign you must realize It Starts With a Vision. That is the title of this Coach and the key to a successful campaign. I’m starting back my series on how to do your own capital campaign, entitled Giving Away the Farm. For the next few […]

Let’s Make a Case for Your Vision!

When I work with a client for a significant giving initiative, I start by asking the Pastor to write out the vision behind whatever we are raising money for. Technically, this is called a Vision Case Statement. I want a broad overview of what we are raising money for on one-page, front and back. I […]

The State of Giving

The following is a repost that can be found at https://www.onlinegiving.org/support/the-state-of-giving “Giving Continues Its Decline, Down 2.1% in 2023. Can Fundraisers Turn the Tide in 2024? 1. That was the headline of a recent post I read by The Chronicle of Philanthropy on Giving USA’s annual survey on giving. When you delve deeper, you find […]