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...
The trump card to unlocking generosity in your church depends upon the connecting power of your vision. The Free Dictionary defines a trump card as a designated card that ranks above all others or a resource used to gain an advantage over others, often by being held and then used...
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...
Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal, the SBC's Go-To Guide for Information, Practical Advice, and Tips for Building a Culture of Generosity on Biblical Principles. The Stewardship Journal is now much more than a collection of posts and articles. The weekly Journal lays out the basics of stewardship planning....
Do you spend more time preparing for and executing your announcements each Sunday or your offering time? How you answer this question tells me whether you have a correct view of biblical stewardship. It’s not people I have to fight with about emphasizing giving more during worship services; it’s pastors...
At 500 offering talks, I stopped counting how many I had written. Suffice it to say that I know a thing or two about offering talks, as I’ve seen a few. I wrote a blog post on this topic a few years ago.1. Here is what I wrote: First, let me...
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...
