The Stewardship Journal Goes National
“The mission of Missouri Baptists to transform lives and communities with the gospel is too important to risk losing any of our churches. As I read and reviewed the current stress on giving, I knew we had to take action and provide our churches with the tools and resources to help them stay financially secure. […]
How to Be the Exception When Giving Caves In
I’ll never forget days like that day in March of 2020 when our nation came to a screeching halt. I was in the shower getting ready to fly to Atlanta to talk with a denominational guy about helping them build a stewardship platform. I kept hearing my phone ring. The first voicemail was from a […]
From The Stewardship Journal Team
Welcome to the last edition of the 2023 Stewardship Journal. Before we share what is in this week’s Journal, please allow us to first thank you for your continued support. We appreciate your words of encouragement and your support. We believe our best days are ahead of us! Here is what is in this week’s […]
The 21st-Century Offering
“Digital offerings will be the end of the offering as worship.” That is what someone wrote to me many years ago when I wrote a post encouraging churches to set up online giving. Ten years later, my response is still the same as I gave then: the offering isn’t dead due to technology, but it […]
A Come Back Strategy for Christmas
The following post can be found at: https://www.onlinegiving.org/blog My goal in preaching is to get people to come back next week and bring a friend. I once heard a pastor at a preaching conference state that as his goal in preaching each week. Churches spend much time and effort getting new people in the door. […]
Could Digital Payments Give You a Jolly Holiday?
Digital Payments Have a Jolly Holiday. That was a recent Wall Street Journal headline of an article that tracked Black Friday Cyber Monday sales for 2023. This year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales were flat, rising only 1.1% over last year. However, e-commerce sales were up 8.5%. The real winner was mobile shopping via […]
From The Stewardship Journal Team
Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. What will the offering of the future look like? How should churches respond to the changes in commerce? We probe those questions and more in this edition of the Journal. “Digital offerings will be the end of the offering as worship.” That is what someone wrote to […]
Year-End Thoughts for Pastors to Think About
What should pastors be thinking? That is the question I often ask myself. Notice I said what pastors should be thinking about. At this time of year, I’m lucky if a pastor even opens my emails! This is one of your busiest times of the year, but as we near the completion of this year […]
The Coach’s Four December Tips to Make Your End-of-Year Giving a Success
Non-profits know how crucial end-of-year giving is. They have a plan, do you? Here are four tips to help you. Tip #1 – Have a plan and work your plan! If you are not planning, you are planning on failure, so let’s devise a plan. Your plan in a nutshell… That’s the basics. You can […]
From the Stewardship Journal Team
In this edition of the Stewardship Journal, we help get you ready for closing out this year and positioning you for a great start in stewardship for the New Year. Mark Brooks, The Stewardship Coach, starts us out with a column entitled, Year-End Thoughts for Pastors to Think About. He shares key things church leaders […]