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Strategies to Increase Your Church’s Offerings

There’s nothing more challenging than finding your way out of a financial problem in your church. But there is hope and there is way back to solvency and healthy finances if you follow a sound spiritual and fiscal plan to lead you there. Prayer An intentional prayer ministry will do more to increase your offerings […]

How To Prepare Your Church For Disaster Response

When disaster strikes your local community, your church is in a unique position to provide relief. You have a group of people who are willing to help; your building and resources can offer a lifeline to the people who need it most. Depending on where you live, your community could be at risk for a […]

10 Changes That Will Dramatically Increase Giving In Your Church

Without the right heart and motivation in place, what you’ll read below will come across as simple fundraising tactics. That, of course, is not the intent. Through your leadership, the full resources of your congregation will be joyfully released to fuel evangelistic and benevolent outreach worldwide. With this proper perspective in mind, here are 10 things you can […]

How To Encourage Your Pastor To Make The Move to Mobile

Whether you’re an attendee or a staff member, it can be challenging to push for new ideas and initiatives at your church when time and resources are limited. And let’s face it, change is scary! While churches are increasingly embracing technology and influential church leaders are inviting pastors to consider how they can utilize technology to […]

50 Ways to Encourage Faithful Giving

Helping people experience the joy of giving is more than a way of funding the church’s ministry. These 50 Ways of encouraging faithful giving will help your church members grow in discipleship through faithful stewardship and extravagant generosity. Stress the spiritual dimension of stewardship Teach stewardship as a holistic model of our relationship with God, […]

Is it Time to Redesign your Church Website?

Website redesigns should be carried out strategically and to meet a need. So if your church has one of these needs, then it may be time to refresh your site: Your site is not mobile-friendly – This is a top priority right now. If you don’t have a mobile-friendly, responsive website, you need to fix […]

5 Ways to Increase Giving in your Church

Money can be a touchy subject, especially when we start talking about how churches can increase donations. People often fear the stereotype of the church that “always” is begging for money. However, the reality is that people want to give to your church and God calls them to do so. This means that any reasonable […]

Texting in Church: It’s a Good Thing!

Usually the phrase “texting in church” brings up bad connotations. You picture disinterested teens, sitting in the back of the congregation, rapidly messaging back and forth on a mobile device. Although this scenario may be all too real, there’s something about it that we, as church leaders, can’t ignore. Over 99% of all text messages […]

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