Success in a capital campaign begins by understanding that capital campaigns are different, not dead. The traditional capital campaign process was developed in the last century and, for the most part, has been left unchanged into the 21st century. That model revolved around organizing a multitude of various teams involving...
The past few weeks' events have shown the importance of the local church. In times of distress and unrest, it is good to know there is a place we can go to for sanctuary from the storm. Now more than ever, our Nation needs strong churches to show the way...
Leaders first. Never announce a major change of ministry direction or a new building plan from the platform on a Sunday morning that you have not first announced to your leadership. That is a mantra I preach to every Senior Pastor that I help raise capital dollars. Why? Let me...
Let me explain what I mean when I say leaders. As a stewardship guy, I’m thinking of raising funds. So, I want the top 15% of your donors to be present at any leadership meeting. Often, that net captures all your leaders. However, it might not catch the faithful retiree...
What motivates Christians to give? That was the headline of an email I received from the Barna Group a few years ago. They had done a survey to find out what motivated Christians to give. So, what did they find that motivated Christians to give? The Barna report says, “For Christians,...
How much can your church raise in a capital campaign? Welcome to another issue of the Stewardship Journal. For the last few weeks, we have been focusing on capital campaigns, and with this issue of the Journal, we continue that topic. Our goal is to provide you with enough advice...
“Do you want a sales answer or the truth?” Once, I was interviewed by a church that wanted to hire a stewardship partner for its capital campaign. The Executive Pastor asked me how much I thought they could raise in their next campaign. At that point, the church had done...
Are the glory days of capital campaigns over? Since the 1960s, when there was a huge explosion of church expansion and building capital campaigns, billions of dollars have been raised for churches. Those days may be over. Studies are showing that the average capital campaign is now raising about... 1 time....
I’m writing a book on how to hold a Do-It-Yourself capital campaign. As a result, I have been researching all my past writing on the subject. I came across an out-of-print post I wrote ten years ago, entitled How to Use Technology for a Capital Campaign. In 2014, online giving...
How clear is your vision? Welcome back to another issue of the Stewardship Journal. We pray you had a great 4th of July and are ready to get back into action. We are ready with another Journal, picking up our theme of raising capital dollars for the future. Mark Brooks, The...
