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How to Avoid Making an Awkward Financial Ask
Sep 22, 2019 12:00:39 PMYou Are Not Alone. Avoiding the Awkward Ask. If the thought of asking someone for money makes you feel awkward or uncomf...
4 Disturbing Trends Behind the National Decline in Church Giving
Sep 9, 2019 12:00:43 PMChurch Giving Realities Charitable giving has consistently risen from less than $150 billion to more than $400 billion i...
How to Talk About Money and Ministry in Church
Aug 26, 2019 7:00:21 AMTalking about Money and Ministry Giving to religion fell 3.7% (inflation adjusted) in 2018* as people continue the trend...
Why Shifting Your Fiscal Year is a Next Level Generosity Best Practice
Aug 13, 2019 6:30:45 AMShifting Your Fiscal Year By shifting their fiscal year away from the traditional calendar, an estimated 40% of vital ch...
Three Prescriptions for Curing a Scarcity Mindset
Jul 9, 2019 3:04:47 PMDo you hear things like, "Money is tight! We need to tighten our belts?" Or "People are giving all they can. We can't as...
What Church Leaders Need to Know About New Giving Trends
Jun 25, 2019 2:48:40 PMTen years ago, in Not Your Parents' Offering Plate, I voiced my concern that giving to religion, as a share of overall g...
The Top 5 Ways To Accidentally Reduce Church Giving
Jun 12, 2019 6:00:45 AMIn my over forty years of ministry, I have never heard a pastor say he/she has more money than the church needs. I have ...
Are you Ready to Lead "A Generous Life"? (An Excerpt from A Generous Life)
May 30, 2019 12:45:03 PMEyes Wide Open by Scott McKenzie The Village Inn in Malawi, Africa, provided attacking wolf spiders, bats, bed bugs, hol...
How to Make the Offering About Love (An Offering Talk for Sunday)
May 16, 2019 7:00:50 AMInstead of simply calling the ushers forward, help your congregation understand deeper meaning and connection inherent i...
"Giving" Has to Be One of Your Church’s Key Words
May 1, 2019 3:25:36 PM"Giving" as one of the Key Words in Core Strategy Len Wilson, Horizons’ Communications Strategist, discusses the importa...