The following thoughts will help craft your social media strategy. I give you advice to avoid and advice to adhere to! Avoid these Common Mistakes Churches Make in Social Media Not utilizing it at all. If you want to reach your neighborhood, you will find them on social media. Setting it up and...
Rick Blythe, the Director of Stewardship/Prayer Ministry for the Mississippi Baptists, sent me this question last week: “I have a consultation with a church next Monday, and they want me to address ways to estimate church giving for the next year.” I told Rick I would answer his question and...
Did you know you have less than 10 seconds before someone leaves your website if you don’t capture their attention? In this edition of the Stewardship Journal, we continue our focus on the various lanes you need to build and sustain a culture of generosity. In this issue, we focus...
“And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.” Luke 14:23 The above verse is from Jesus's teachings in The Parable of the Great Banquet. The master invited many guests, but few came. So,...
Here are some recommendations that can and will improve the success of your website. These recommendations can be implemented in your church whether you run 100 on a Sunday or 10,000. First, let’s learn from Top Mistakes of Websites – You want to do the opposite of what I list here. Too...
Your church website is one of the key tools for your Digital Lane for building and sustaining a culture of generosity. The following post gives great examples and ideas of how to tell your story. It was reposted from https://www.onlinegiving.org/support/the-story-of-a-great-landing-page. If you have ever visited the American Society for the Prevention...
Is physical church attendance essential? We will be probing that question in this edition of the Stewardship Journal. Welcome to another edition of the SBC’s go-to guide for information, practical advice, and tips for building a culture of generosity based on Biblical principles. Here is a preview of this edition: Mark...
Do you have a campus strategy for stewardship? Do you use your platform effectively for stewardship? As I continue my series on the various lanes of stewardship needed to build and sustain a culture of generosity, I want to show you how these two lanes can work to achieve that...
How can you make your campus more giving-friendly? Let me share the following tips with you that I think can help you create an atmosphere on your campus that enhances giving. Before I get started, let me ask you this simple question. When I come onto your campus, am I reminded...
The following post can be found at: https://www.onlinegiving.org/blog. The Hybrid Church is here to stay, and we now know that the future of giving is hybrid. In the future, we can “expect that post-pandemic giving and fundraising will likely remain hybrid, as the adaptation of digital and hybrid giving models will...
