From The Stewardship Journal Team

How much can your church raise in a capital campaign? Welcome to another issue of the Stewardship Journal. For the last few weeks, we have been focusing on capital campaigns, and with this issue of the Journal, we continue that topic. Our goal is to provide you with enough advice and direction so that you […]

From My Desk to Yours

How much can your church raise in a capital campaign? Welcome to another issue of the Stewardship Journal. For the last few weeks, we have been focusing on capital campaigns, and with this issue of the Journal, we continue that topic. Our goal is to provide you with enough advice and direction so that you […]

Setting Realistic Goals

“Do you want a sales answer or the truth?” Once, I was interviewed by a church that wanted to hire a stewardship partner for its capital campaign. The Executive Pastor asked me how much I thought they could raise in their next campaign. At that point, the church had done three consecutive campaigns in a […]

Are the Glory Days of Capital Campaigns Over?

Are the glory days of capital campaigns over? Since the 1960s, when there was a huge explosion of church expansion and building capital campaigns, billions of dollars have been raised for churches. Those days may be over. Studies are showing that the average capital campaign is now raising about… 1 time. As in one times […]

Tech to Propel Your Capital Campaign

I’m writing a book on how to hold a Do-It-Yourself capital campaign. As a result, I have been researching all my past writing on the subject. I came across an out-of-print post I wrote ten years ago, entitled How to Use Technology for a Capital Campaign. In 2014, online giving was still in its infancy, […]