Developing a Digital Giving Strategy
The following was originally posted at: https://www.onlinegiving.org/support/developing-a-digital-giving-strategy How churches receive the offering has changed drastically from the days of dropping in coins. As we stated in our last post, the future of giving is digital. This is why you must develop a digital giving strategy. In our last post, we shared the importance of the […]
From The Stewardship Journal Team
Happy Martin Luther King Day! Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. Before we share with you the contents of this week’s newsletter, we wanted to make you aware of further stewardship resources that are available to you for free and how you can access those materials. From offering talks to playbooks designed to […]
The Fundamentals of Effective Offerings
“This is a football!” Legendary Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi once started a team meeting after a loss, stating that the team would return to the basics. He held up a football and said, “Gentlemen, this is a football.” Sometimes, you must go back to the fundamentals. The same is true for every local […]
Five Fundamental Keys on How to Receive the Offering
If you are a golfer, you know the importance of the fundamentals. It starts with a good grip on the club. If you want to improve, you get a coach who can help make the adjustments needed to make your game more effective. Consider me your Stewardship Coach, giving you the basics of stewardship. Let […]
From My Desk To Yours
Welcome to the first edition of the 2024 Stewardship Journal. The Journal was started in 2021 by the Missouri Baptist Convention to provide their pastors with information and advice on all things related to stewardship and generosity. With this edition, the Journal is going national, with several state conventions now sponsoring this newsletter. Your state […]
Previewing the 2024 Stewardship Journal
Why should you read the Stewardship Journal? Because, Southern Baptists, we have a problem. Our denomination is in decline. Consider this: This decline will impact giving, which will mean more church closures. No church is immune. Sadly, until now, only four state conventions have given their churches any type of stewardship help. Our goal is […]
How to Start the Giving Year Out Right
First, for those new to the Stewardship Coach column/newsletter, my Bonus Section gives you practical advice on how to build out a culture of generosity. In this edition, I write about how to start your giving year out right. January is next only to July as one of the more challenging months of your giving […]
Setting the Stage for Financial Stability
How much time did you take making announcements yesterday compared to how much time you stressed worship through giving? The typical church spends two to three minutes on announcements and zero time mentioning the offering. Is it any wonder that giving is declining, and younger generations are giving less to the church than their parents? […]
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 […]
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 […]