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Church Generosity Mistakes: 52 Missed Opportunities
You’d love for the people in your church to be more generous—for all sorts of reasons. You’ve done everything you know how to do, but you just don’t feel like the needle’s moving as far as it could. Or should. I hear that a lot. After doing generosity audits and...
Church Generosity Mistakes: Avoiding the Topic
Most church leaders find the topic of money exceedingly uncomfortable—so they talk about it as seldom as possible. But more and more pastors are discovering the benefits of talking about generosity more, not less. (If just reading that sentence made you a little...
Church Generosity Mistakes: Not Having an Annual Plan
The topic of money can feel a bit tricky. While you’re sensitive to culture’s perception of the church as “always asking for money,” you also know addressing people’s giving is a crucial part of ministry. That’s partly because your budget depends on your church...
Church Generosity Mistakes: Ineffective Sharing of Financial Information
As a church leader, you probably wish you had more money to do more ministry. But your church's financial bandwidth is tied to your congregation's financial generosity—and that can be frustrating. How can you encourage people to trust God and give more? Some of the...
Four Giving Trends to Act On
As church participation continues to decline, even the most optimistic, faith-fueled pastors are taking notice. In the midst of discouraging attendance trends, it's essential that church leaders keep a cool head—and a prayerful heart. God's church is designed...
Five Ways to Counteract the Summer Giving Slump
For most churches, summer vacations bring a dreaded trend: Attendance wavers more than usual and giving declines. And with the exception of the most mature givers, people simply don’t make up that giving when they return. The result? We lose valuable ministry revenue....
Giving Metrics Matter
As church leaders, we like our numbers, don't we? One of the first questions we ask one another is, "How many people attend your church?" We love learning how many people came to our Christmas and Easter gatherings. We get excited when a long-planned community event...
How Tax Reform May Impact Giving to Your Church
As 2017 came to a close, one topic seemed to dominate the headlines: tax reform. As news of sweeping changes made its way from Capitol Hill to Facebook, assumptions were touted as truth, and opinions spawned heated arguments. Personally, I began receiving emails from...