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Recent Articles

The Advantages of Making January Recurring Giving Month
One key strategy for a good start to your New Year is to make January a push for recurring giving. While dated, the sample above

How to Be Leading at the End of the First Quarter
“You never have to recover from a good start.” My mentor in the stewardship field, Dave Sutherland, taught me that years ago. Ask any football

A Call to Southern Baptist Leaders
Baptist Press reported last week that Cooperative Program giving for the first month of our fiscal year is 5% below target. To be fair, at

Ten Reasons Long-Term Pastorates Matter
Chuck Lawless is the Dean of Doctoral Studies and Vice-President of Spiritual Formation and Ministry Centers at Southeastern Seminary. The following was originally posted on

A Sample One-Page Debt Reduction Vision
The following is a great example of how to position paying down a debt. The following was produced with my help for a church that

Debt Management Advice for Pastors
“Should we burn the mortgage note before we start raising money for future projects?” That was a question one of my pastors asked me last