Online giving is growing in importance. The article highlights the many ways churches are making giving easier for attenders.
Year-end charitable giving bonanza is a myth
There is an assumption in the U.S. that the best charitable giving season is October, November, and December each year (Year-End). The facts do not support this myth. Most believe that there are two reasons that year-end giving is good.Read more…
What Nonprofits Can Learn from Salvation Army Bell Ringers
I’ve always admired The Salvation Army bell ringers. In addition to donating their time and ringing their signature bell in all sorts of terrible weather, the program raises a sack of money that rivals Santa’s. Last year, kettle bells raised $136 millionRead more…
3 Reasons to Stop Referring to ‘The Poor’
“Every single person on the face of the planet is created in God’s image. Everybody has the same heavenly Father. Everybody has capacity, talent, and ability. Everybody has responsibility. Everybody has stewardship responsibility. I don’t care what dirt hovel you’reRead more…
Good Sense Freed-Up Resources for 2015
The Christian financial management ministry Good $ense (http://goodsensemovement.org/) has put together an information and planning tool to assist Christian leaders with scheduling financial stewardship teaching and training events through the coming year. The Freed-Up Resource Calendar briefly describes four different workshops andRead more…
Wholly Living: A new perspective on international development
The Christian vision of human flourishing does not simply call for a political response.Rather, it insists that without personal moral responsibility, an active culture ofvoluntarism, personal financial generosity, community participation, the responsible useof natural resources, productive and responsible business ethics,Read more…
Generosity Changes Everything
What is Biblical generosity? Over the years, the Lord has grown our depth of understanding in this powerful area of life. Generosity is about freedom and grace. It is about the freedom that comes from understanding, in the deepest partsRead more…
3 Ways to Develop a Lifestyle of Generosity
Winston Churchill once said, “You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give.” Churchill was a great leader, and what he said about giving really drives home the point of what I thinkRead more…
Critical Steps of the Development Process
Does development seem overwhelming or impossible? How do we build relationships that will help sustain our ministries? What do we start and when do we make appeals? Jerry Twombly discusses the critical steps of the development process, defining and simplifyingRead more…
Funding Your Vision
Many people think that fundraising is a matter of sales or manipulation. In contrast, Jerry Twombly teaches that a biblical approach to fundraising is the result of building a healthy and biblical, God-honouring organisation. What are foundations of a healthyRead more…