Taking Special Offerings & Church Tithing
How Many Church Tithes Will You Miss In 2016?
THE PREFERRED METHOD OF PAYMENT TODAY We interact with hundreds of churches per month about digital giving… churches with no strategy at all churches with a “starter” strategy such as Paypal churches that have 20% or more of their congregation involved in digital giving In all of these conversations, one thing is clear… No one…
Read More4 things that online giving and the worst cell phones in history have in common
Remember the Microsoft Kin? It was a mobile phone that targeted people between ages 15 and 30. Microsoft invested a billion dollars to get this gadget off the ground in 2010. Within two months, they stopped. Wired.com stated, quite frankly, “Microsoft’s attempt to be hip and cool in mobile is a bust.” The main problem…
Read More#1 Way To Expand People’s Ability To Tithe At Your Church
Somewhere between two and five minutes… Once a week… That’s how much time most churches allot for people to give. It may be one of the reasons why Mark Brooks, in a great blog post, states that “Giving as a percentage of Americans’ incomes to the church has fallen from 3.11% to 2.38%.” With that…
Read More4 Easy Ways To Increase Donations In Your Church
You ever feel a knot in your stomach when you invite your church to give during the offering time? Heeeeeere we go again… That feeling is fear mixed with a splash of insecurity. Every pastor can relate. There are A LOT of people who don’t like how much pastors ask for money. Some of that…
Read MoreMore Money In The Church Bank
THE HARDEST part of what we do when it comes to helping your church get more money in the bank… is helping YOU understand how investing money results in more money in the bank. Most churches think the way to increase money in the bank is by merely holding on to what they have, slashing…
Read MoreRocketCast 012: How To Make Easter Your Biggest Giving Day Of The Year
Easter is one of the biggest evangelistic opportunities of the year for your church. But, it’s also one of the biggest giving opportunities of the year. So how do you balance the two and not run newcomers off? Casey explains how to make Easter your biggest giving day of the year without running people off…
Read MoreThe Deadly Sins of Church Fundraising: Sin 1-Lack of Clarity
Are you experiencing one of the deadly sins of church fundraising? Church leaders are often baffled as to why people don’t give as faithfully and consistently as they should to their church. After years of studying this and watching churches that are funded become more funded and churches that are broke become more broke, I…
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Guide To Fundraising – Own It or No One Will
I used to work in an organization where my co-workers and I were always coming up with new ideas. If you walked around our office or sat in one of our staff meetings, you’d consistently hear phrases like: “We should try this.” “We should create a new system.” “We should send this new email.” “We…
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The #1 Reason People Fail at funding dreams
On April 27, 2011, 212 tornadoes ripped through Alabama, tearing the state apart. The damage was disturbing. One of the places affected was my hometown of Pleasant Grove. The street where I grew up was turned inside out. I later learned that the twister was an F-5, the biggest possible. I said to myself, “I…
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Why “Somebody Should Raise Money” Means Nobody Will
When natural disasters strike, I get a lot of messages. People text me, tweet me, Facebook me, email me, etc. At some point in the message or conversation, I inevitably read this phrase: “Somebody should raise money for these people in need.” Honestly, I think most people are hoping that I’ll raise the money. And…
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