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…

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#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…

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4 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…

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More 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…

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The 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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