Reading God’s Word in 2018

Bible engagement is at an all-time low. That might be true, but technology provides numerous tools to help us engage with the Bible more deeply.   With a new year just around the corner, we would like to encourage your ministry to challenge everyone to go through God’s Word in the coming year. One of […]

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New Resource for Church Finances

(Financials Product Owner, Alfred Johnson, leading the What’s New breakout session at HQ 2017 in Memphis) If you wrestle with the complexities of financials in a church environment, then you’ll want to check out Alfred Johnson’s blog at alfredjohnson.net. Alfred is the Financials Product Owner and recognized financials authority at Shelby Systems. During his 21-year career […]

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Turning Faithful Givers into Recurring Givers

Wouldn’t it be wonderful for your church to have a steady, growing income that you could depend on—even during the summer months? Can you imagine how things would change if even sporadic givers became steady contributors? Recurring giving can make that happen!   You can encourage recurring giving sign-ups in places like: ◦ Bulletins ◦ […]

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Increase Online Giving In Your Church

Every church should be using online giving software to maximize contributions for ministry work. Next, you want to let your members know that this option is available during the worship service.  Explain your church’s giving philosophy, how donations will be used to accomplish your mission, special programs and capital campaigns.  Provide the benefits of how […]

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Christ-Centered Christmas Gifts – Online!

Gift giving itself isn’t the challenge at Christmas for many Christians. The challenge is that much gift-giving has become so self-centered, so materialistic and we suspect so useless, as most of us have more than we could ever need and know that many gifts are simply tossed or exchanged. Yet, we want to give. One […]

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