by Rusty Lewis | Jul 7, 2015 | Leadership
People just don’t like to talk about money. Maybe you’ve already come to that conclusion. But did you know this? More people dislike talking about money than death or politics or taxes. (Yes, you read that right!) A survey from Wells Fargo last year...
by Rusty Lewis | May 20, 2015 | Leadership
Giving is perhaps the best spiritual tool we have in our inventory – and often the most ignored. As a result, many church leaders find themselves in a giving rut, stuck in habits and routines that limit the generosity of their people. (We talked about those habits in...
by Rusty Lewis | May 5, 2015 | Leadership
Do you limit the generosity of your church? Now, I have to believe you would never intentionally limit the generosity of your church. In fact, I believe you would love it to improve, to grow, to flourish. But are there things you are doing unknowingly, or habits in...
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 | Mar 23, 2015 | Leadership
As we continue in this string of “You Asked For It” blog posts, we visit a topic today that could apply to any church anywhere: creating a culture of generosity. This is our second post in a series of questions raised by pastors across the country through a survey I...
by Rusty Lewis | Dec 17, 2014 | Leadership
Did you know 30% of all charitable giving occurs in the month of December? Even more shocking is this statistic – 10% of all giving occurs during the last three days of the year! Here’s a snippet from Network for Good’s Digital Giving Index infographic recapping...
