by Mark Brooks | | The Stewardship Coach, Volume 5
Tom Rainer says of The Big Shift, “The brief book may be one of the most important books you will read. I mean it. Don’t put it down. Read it. Consume it. Devour it. Act on it.” That is about as strong of a recommendation as you can get. Can I just say, “Amen!”...
by Mark Brooks | | The Stewardship Coach, Volume 5
Few books have impacted me like George Barna’s, “The Frog in the Kettle.” When it was published in 1990 as a young pastor I devoured every page. The basic message was change was coming but the Church was acting ignorantly bliss just like the proverbial frog in the...
by Mark Brooks | | The Stewardship Coach, Volume 5
We are in VUCA times! What is VUCA? It is what military planners call our new reality. VUCA is military slang term that means “volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous.” If you still watch the news and especially if you follow Social Media you are more than...
by Mark Brooks | | The Stewardship Coach, Volume 5
“We are $20K behind budget and I have plans I need to implement!” That was what I heard when I answered my phone one morning. When a pastor calls me at 8 AM I know something crucial is up. Being $20K behind budget going into summer is never a good...
by Mark Brooks | | The Stewardship Coach, Volume 5
15 offerings! From Memorial Day to Labor Day the classic span of summer you have 15 offering opportunities. The offering is an opportunity not an intrusion of worship. Now is the time to think, plan and pray for each of those offering opportunities. This edition of...
by Mark Brooks | | The Stewardship Coach, Volume 5
I hated three day weekends as a pastor! Consider… Three day weekends are killers for offerings! Why? Your people are at the lake, beach or ball game. When attendance is down giving is. Falling behind makes it difficult to catch up. On top of that I had to work on...
