Posts Tagged ‘Online Giving’
Why People Don’t Tithe To Your Church
You pass the plate every week, you’ve got an online giving button on your website and you send a super-informative letter with a contribution statement. So why don’t more people give to your church? Or why don’t people increase their giving to fund the vision? Here are seven reasons people don’t tithe to your church.…
Read MoreKeeping Tithes and Offerings Consistent Throughout the Summer
As the summer approaches, I wanted to share with you a few practical ideas for how you can work on giving. Summer is a stressful time for a lot of churches, because when people go on vacation, their giving often does the same thing. That’s why spending three weeks (May is the PERFECT time) talking…
Read MoreSeven Ways to Increase Giving In Your Church
We started Giving Rocket in 2011 because we wanted to help churches have more money for ministry. We believe the church should be the most well-funded organization on earth. We are always on the lookout for helpful information to help you increase giving. John Haydon gives Seven Ways to Increase Your Nonprofit’s Donations in 2013. Here…
Read More9 Things I Learned Donating Online to Barack Obama and Mitt Romney
Not long ago, I made online donations to both Presidential candidates. My purpose was not to support a political agenda, but to evaluate the donation and follow up process and see what we could learn. The experiment was fascinating. Here are nine things I learned or realized during the process. 1. It never occurred to…
Read MoreIs Your Giving Page Too Complicated?
In our house, we’ve moved to instant downloads and AppleTV and we rarely use the DVD player. The other day, my kids got a DVD as a gift, but it came with a digital version, which would surely save me the trouble of having to rip it to my hard drive. I found the registration…
Read MoreWhy Waffle House is Smarter than the Church
In 2006, Waffle House made a big move. No longer was it a cash only establishment as it had been since its inception in 1955. It purchased the technology to accept Visa and MasterCard. Bring on the plastic, people, and save your change for the jukebox! Waffle House’s leadership saw a problem, and they tackled…
Read MoreSummer is a Great Time to Talk About Digital Giving
You might consider scaling back at church this summer. People might consider doing the same thing in their giving. Whether it is a missed Sunday, an extravagant vacation, or something else, people will be absent from worship services and giving will decrease. That is, unless you make “digital your default.” While Giving Rocket coaches pastors…
Read MoreHow to Follow-up with Digital Donations
Churches often forget a key group of people in church – digital givers. People who give online may go unnoticed if the pastor does not set up systems to remind them to follow-up on first time digital givers, just like first time givers with cash or checks. Sometimes, because churches use digital giving systems outside…
Read MoreAre You a Strategic Giver?
Many people like to think of giving as an act of spontaneous worship. God speaks, we’re moved, and we drop something in the offering plate. We see a need, our heart is tugged, and we offer to help. That’s how it works for a lot of people. And while it’s true that we need to…
Read MoreYour Online Giving Page is Probably Too Complicated
In our house, we’ve moved to instant downloads and AppleTV and we rarely use the DVD player. The other day, my kids got a DVD as a gift, but it came with a digital version, which would surely save me the trouble of having to rip it to my hard drive. I found the registration…
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