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Resource for Pastors: Minding His Business
I wrote Minding His Business for one reason: To make pastors’ and ministry leaders’ lives easier by sharing 35 years of experience conducting business in and out of the Church.
Encouraging People on their Generosity Journey
Today I want to challenge you to consider this pathway from a new perspective. Let’s look at this concept in terms of behavior. Rather than defining each step by an amount given, or a percentage of income, let’s define each step with a new behavior.
New Year-End Giving Guide Now Available
With fewer than 100 days left in the year, you may find yourself wondering how you can encourage your people to “finish strong” this year in terms of generosity. Now is the perfect time to be asking yourself that question.
New Resource: Understanding and Engaging Your Givers
Count on it: your givers and potential givers are not all alike. In fact, they break down into at least four kinds of givers. The Generis team has just released a new resource to help pastors in churches across the country increase giving – with all four types of givers. This e-book will help you identify, understand, and engage the different types of givers in your ministry to maximize your efforts of bridging the gap between funding and vision.
Charitable Giving Outlook for 2016 Appears Weak
While we’ve seen growth in giving over the last few years, we should consider this a friendly warning to put us on alert. We won’t know how this will all end up for another year, but one thing we can do is be intentional starting right now that will encourage giving.
Engaging New Givers: An Interview with the Kindrid Smart Giving Team
Are you consistently engaging new givers? Can your givers give within seconds? Do your givers need to sign in to give? Are there multiple ways your givers can give? If you answered no to any of these questions, I encourage you to lean in on a conversation I had with the Kindrid team.
A Simple Solution to the Church’s Summer Giving Slump
When people are absent from your church, their giving usually is too. But there’s good news: it doesn’t have to be this way. Here’s a new and easy-to-read resource designed to provide an antidote to the church’s summer giving slump.
5 Things People Need to Know Before they will Give
As their pastor, it’s your responsibility to make sure they have the answers to these questions. This is an opportunity for you to make sure your people are being guided and encouraged on their generosity journey, all while making sure your God-sized vision for ministry is being funded. So here are 5 questions your people are likely asking, based on 5 things people need to know before they will give.
Can Your People Afford to Give?
Nearly half of Americans would have trouble finding $400 to pay for an emergency. That statement caught my eye in a personal and revealing called “The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans” that recently appeared in the Atlantic. And as a ministry leader, this should catch your eye as well.