Connect the Heart to Giving In Your Church

Are there struggles with giving in your church?  Most churches struggle with with inconsistent giving at some point. One reason being that people in your congregation may not personally connect with the mission and vision of the church. It’s not because they don’t care. They may simply be unaware of how God is using your…

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Five Reasons People Aren’t Giving to Your Church

Are you frustrated more people don’t participate in the offering at your church? Do you hope and pray for more people to get involved in generosity? Are you teaching them what the Bible says about stewardship only to be disappointed that more people don’t follow through?  Most churches know the offering is important…it’s the moment…

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58 Leadership Quotes On Casting Vision From Derwin Gray

  In an effort to add value to church leaders, The Rocket Company is attending the Velocity 2014 Conference and will be live-blogging throughout the event.  This is an incredible conference which should be on every church planter’s list for equipping and training. Derwin Gray, Lead Pastor of the great Transformation Church in Charlotte, is…

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Six Ways Hillsong Church, New York Creates A Culture of Generous Giving

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Carl Lentz of Hillsong Church, New York about how he communicates with his church regarding money, tithing, and creating a culture of generous giving. If you’re like many of the pastors we work with, finances and giving are probably right up there with sex and relationships on…

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A Church Finance Story, And God’s Miracle

The testimony below is a story we received from Pastor Michael Acker. We hope you find it encouraging. Many church leaders and christians hear either the bad stories of what happens at churches, or they hear the HUGE stories of what God is doing in the BIG churches.  But, I wanted to share about what…

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Seven Steps to Increase Online Giving in Your Church

Some time ago, we surveyed 1,078 churches to get an idea of how churches are doing financially, and what was influencing their giving. What we found was surprising. We learned that 86% of churches are either broke, or behind budget. But, the 14% that were above budget all shared something in common. All of them…

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Best Practices to Increase Giving in Your Church

There’s an ice cream shop in Venezuela that sells more than 900 flavors, including Spaghetti and Cheese. Now I like spaghetti, and I like ice cream, but those two things just don’t go together. A Gourmet French Ice Cream company sells Caviar Ice Cream. I’m pretty sure that’s a French rouse to get people to…

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How Connexus Church Increased Giving by 22%

I wanted to introduce you to my friend Carey Nieuwhof. Carey is the Lead Pastor of Connexus Community Church near Ontario, Canada.  We’ve had the opportunity to work together for a couple of years.  Carey was kind enough to answer some questions, and I wanted to share his answers with you. What is the top…

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Three Keys to Increasing Online Giving

Studies show online donations are larger than in-service donations, and online donors tend to be more consistent.  That’s why increasing online giving is a key to increasing overall giving to your church.  Here are three keys to increasing giving via online channels. Key Number 1:  Make it Faster. If online giving is complicated, or requires…

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