From the Desk of Our Executive Director
The SBC’s Ticking Time Bomb is our lead article written by our Stewardship Coach, Mark Brooks. Mark has been working on a presentation for a retreat the Executive Committee of the SBC is putting on for all the state convention CP/Stewardship leaders. This article, a part of his presentation, is shared publicly first with you. […]
We are the Winning Team
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! I’ve written hundreds of talks for the offering time. I do this to help you elevate the offering time. To simplify and better meet your needs, starting in March, I will be moving away from posting weekly talks to the Stewardship Coach/Stewardship Journal newsletter and will instead provide links to all my offering […]
Correcting Easter Offering Mistakes
How do you correct these mistakes? Here are some thoughts on how to correct the above mistakes. By telling your story of what God is doing at your church, touching lives for eternity, you can invite anyone to give financially to support your story. Americans are the most generous people on earth when motivated. Let’s […]
The Easter Offering Pushback
How you approach the Easter offering speaks volumes. Most pastors think I am nuts for even mentioning an offering on Easter, as the offering is the furthest thing from their minds. Then June rolls around, and their Treasurer tells them there is not enough money in the bank to do all the summer ministries planned. […]
The Pro-Digital Pastor
The what? I confess that until last week I had never thought about that or even heard that phrase used. What is a pro-digital pastor? According to a new study, Meet the Digital Donor, produced by the Barna Group, a digital pastor is one who is thinking strategically about how digital giving opens doors. They […]
From the Desk of Our Executive Director
Are you a Pro-Digital pastor? I must confess I had never heard of that term before reading our lead post entitled The Pro-Digital Pastor. The article is about a new Barna study that tracks the digital giving patterns of American church members. I think you will be surprised at some of the findings we report […]
The Offering As Our Valentine
Let me save some of you guys’ marriages by reminding you that Tuesday is Valentine’s Day! Don’t forget! Americans love Valentine’s Day. We must, as we will spend 24 BILLION dollars expressing our love for that special someone. Last year, the average spent was $174. Would it surprise you that men spend more than women? […]
The Essential Tools for an Easter Digital Giving Strategy
The following is an excerpt from my new playbook, Say Yes to Easter Giving. You can obtain a copy at https://acts17generosity.com/shop/say-yes-to-easter-giving. With Easter only weeks away, it’s time to start planning your Easter offering! Easter is the church’s best-attended day of the year, and now it will be your most viewed day. You might not […]
7 Keys for Adjusting to the Post-Covid Attendance
How is your attendance? The answer to that question depends greatly on where you live and how long you kept your congregation locked down. Lifeway Research reports that, on average, churches are running at 85% of their January 2020 attendance figures.1. “While some pre-COVID churchgoers have not returned to church at all, much of the […]
The Attendance Challenge
Losing Their Religion: Why US Churches are on the Decline was a title by the Guardian that grabbed my attention recently. The lead sentence sums up the article well: “Churches are closing at rapid numbers in the US, researchers say, as congregations dwindle across the country and a younger generation of Americans abandon Christianity altogether.”1. […]