by Rusty Lewis | Apr 7, 2015 | Leadership
We are continuing in our “You Asked For It” series with another question that came from our reader survey late last year. In case you missed the first two topics in this series, you can quickly catch up on recent posts: encouraging generosity outside the offering...
by Rusty Lewis | Jan 9, 2015 | Communication
Last week’s post – “An Annual Giving Statement That Will Impress and Delight Your Givers” – stressed the importance of leveraging your church annual giving statement mailing. A couple of dedicated readers and executive pastors sent questions to...
by Rusty Lewis | Oct 15, 2014 | Communication
You’ve heard me talk about “connecting the dots” for your church – helping your people see how their giving is making a difference in other people’s lives. Because many people tend to think of giving only as a means to fund a budget,...
by Rusty Lewis | Jun 12, 2014 | Legacy Giving
Legacy giving can have an amazing impact on your ministry. According to my friends at the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), there are many reasons for someone to consider giving a legacy gift from an institutional perspective as it may provide an...
by Rusty Lewis | May 19, 2014 | Legacy Giving
It was 2001 when Andrea and I first revised our wills and created a basic estate plan. At that time, we were doing what every young parent should do—put a will in place so that we could determine what would happen to our children and our belongings upon our deaths. If...
