by Rusty Lewis | Feb 20, 2017 | Leadership
Working with churches in the realm of generosity, I see it quite often – common mistakes in the church budget planning process. I see these with regularity, which makes me wonder if perhaps you too have committed one or more of the three most common mistakes in...
by Rusty Lewis | Dec 13, 2016 | Leadership
Did you know 31% of all online giving occurs in the month of December? 18% of total giving happens in December. And, even more shocking is this statistic – 12% of all giving occurs during the last three days of the year! Here’s a snippet from Network for Good’s...
by Rusty Lewis | Dec 7, 2016 | Leadership
I want to share a very important task with you today. This is an idea that, if you implement it by December 20, will increase giving in your church during the last two weeks of the year. We know a large percentage of giving happens right at the end of the year. One...
by Rusty Lewis | Nov 10, 2016 | Leadership
While engaged with churches across the country, I get the opportunity to work with some really outstanding people and organizations. Sometimes these people have resources and expertise I suspect my readers might value. And that’s the case with Don Corder,...
by Rusty Lewis | Aug 24, 2016 | Leadership
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 designed to help pastors in churches across the country increase giving – with all...
by Rusty Lewis | Jun 21, 2016 | Leadership
Generosity has reached record-setting levels, making 2015 “America’s most generous year ever,” according to Giving USA in a report they published just last week. An estimated $373.25 billion in charitable giving came from individuals, estates,...