Let's talk about some simple steps about how to preach on giving. Here are six guiding thoughts. A series on giving is better than one sermon on giving. George Barna stated years ago, "A series on giving is nearly two and a half times more likely to experience an increase in...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal, your go-to guide for information, practical advice, and tips for building a culture of generosity on biblical principles. Let’s get started with a preview of this edition. Mark Brooks, The Stewardship Coach, begins his column with this statement, “The Senior Pastor is my biggest challenge in...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal, your go-to guide for information, practical advice, and tips for building a culture of generosity on biblical principles. Let’s get started with a preview of this edition. Mark Brooks, The Stewardship Coach, begins his column with this statement, “The Senior Pastor is my biggest challenge in...
I wanted to give you some idea starters and a great story to inspire you. Let's start with … Practical Ideas for a Senior Pastor Commit 5% to 10% of your time educating yourself, building out, and working on a stewardship plan. If that sounds daunting, start with thirty minutes a week,...
The Senior Pastor is my biggest challenge in helping churches build a culture of generosity. In my last post, I wrote about how I think in lanes when it comes to creating a culture of generosity based upon biblical stewardship. In this edition, I start breaking down each lane, starting...
The following is reprinted from The Top Ten Stewardship Mistakes Churches Make authored by Mark Brooks. I sometimes marvel that raising funds to fuel ministry gets so little attention from most pastors in America. In my experience, there are several reasons for this. The following list impacts many pastors, keeping them...
The goal of the Stewardship Journal is to help you build a culture of generosity at your church, built upon biblical stewardship principles. What does that look like, and how can you implement a strategy to achieve this goal? You will find answers in this week’s Journal. Mark Brooks,’ The Stewardship...
If you ever played football, you probably had a coach yell at you at one point or another, “Stay in your lane!” Football players are taught to guard and protect their assigned lanes from blocking schemes to kick-off coverage. The theory is that the play will succeed if everyone stays...
The following is reprinted and was originally posted at https://www.onlinegiving.org/support/systems-to-tell-your-story. “To effectively communicate your message, you’ll need to stop building your strategy exclusively around physical attendance.” Why? As my friend, Dave Anderson, says, “Church attendance is not decreasing. It’s decentralizing.” 1. In early 2019, Phil Bowdle wrote that in a book...
Is your vision unlocking generosity at your church? How can you motivate people to want to give? What trends in 2024 might make increasing generosity more of a challenge? We address those issues and questions in this edition of the Stewardship Journal. Here is a preview of this week’s Journal. “The...
