3 Tips For Revitalizing A Dying Church

We recently spoke with Dr. Ike Reighard—Senior Pastor of Piedmont Church in Marietta, GA—about how they were able to revive Piedmont Church when it was on the brink of closing its doors due to a $600,000 HVAC repair, mildew infested carpets, and a large facility in need of repair. Here’s the full interview: In the…

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It’s Not too Late to Plan a Christmas Offering

When I was pastoring a local church in the Atlanta area, the Christmas offering was one of the most fun things we did.  I know the words “offering” and “fun” are not often used in the same sentence, but it really was a great experience. Over the years, pastors have asked me how to do…

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How to Make December the Biggest Giving Month of the Year

***NEW*** Video 5: Will The Year End Giving System Work in Any Church? (3 minutes) [vimeo 51292801 w=500 h=281] Hey Casey, I just had to let you know that yesterday we did our year-end offering that we called our “Change the World” offering. We promoted the heck out of it following your plan for year-end…

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More Than Money at Christmas

This is a guest post from Charlie Swain, the Lead Pastor at the Church at Cane Bay.  You can get information on writing a guest post for one of our blogs here. Like many others, The Church at Cane Bay will promote and take up a special Christmas offering in December.  This will be a huge…

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The Trinity of Special Offerings

If you take offerings all the time, they aren’t special anymore. Here are a list of special offerings we have heard of recently. Can you think of anymore? Love Offering First Fruits Offering Annie Armstrong Offering Drink Offering Lottie Moon Offering Wesley Woods Mother’s Day Offering World Missions Offering We suggest churches only take three special…

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