Make a big bowl of popcorn and invite your finance/stewardship leaders team to watch this compelling presentation by the author of Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate. If your congregation is like most — spinning its wheels with the same old stewardship approach — this may get you moving again. From the Tennessee Annual Conference, UMC.
Every gift is valuable when you’re running a capital campaign – continuing to provide events, programs, and services to the community takes investment. Stewardship author J. Clif Christopher shares some best practices and tips for fixing a issues that can plague even the most efficient church fundraising efforts. (Photo © yanlev – Fotolia.com)
The number of Americans 65 and older is expected to almost double from 40 million in 2010 to 74 million in 2030. Retirees facing an uncertain future on a fixed income may not be able to give as generously to the church year-by-year, but they will be putting their estate plans and wills in order. Here are some ways your congregation can get ready! (Photo: Garry Knight, Creative Commons)
Advent should prompt you to begin looking at your financial plans for 2017. Many pastors will wait until late spring or even summer and then ask somebody in the church to head up a campaign in the fall, at which point the pastor will preach on money one Sunday and people will be asked to once again sign a card. Do you really think your results will be any different than they have been? Before January is over, ask and answer the following questions! (Photo © Robert Kneschke – Fotolia.com)
Hey pastor, does the congregation know what you give? It ought to, and you should be leading by example, according to author and stewardship consultant J. Clif Christopher. “When a pastor and staff are not tithing and being generous in every possible way, it is seldom that I will see a congregation that does.” (Photo: […]
Why do some churches seem to struggle financially year after year, while other congregations of similar size and circumstance have all the resources they need? It could be that the well-resourced congregations understand the primary reasons why people give their time, talent and treasure, and they organize and focus their efforts accordingly. This article from MinistryMatters explains. (Photo by Ignorant Walking, used by Creative Commons license.)
Giving strictly financial information in quarterly reports is a wasted opportunity, says stewardship author J. Clif Christopher, who suggests ways to give donors some reasons to keep on giving. (Photo by Lenore Edman, used by Creative Commons license)
