When Taking Up the Offering…Never Apologize!

When Taking Up the Offering…Never Apologize!

If I could give you one piece of advice as you head into this week’s offering time it would be… When taking up the offering…Never Apologize! Before you think that you never do that consider this.  Do you ever before the offering is taken up say...
What Do You Do When You Are Behind Budget?

What Do You Do When You Are Behind Budget?

Right now as we near the end of summer churches are asking, what do you do when you are behind budget?  A few years ago I received a newsletter from a church that stated they were $130,000 behind budget going into the fourth quarter!  That is a lot of ground to make...
Changing the 1% Train Wreck

Changing the 1% Train Wreck

1%.  That is the percentage Americans will give to the church of their disposable incomes by the year 2050.  That was the finding of empty tomb, inc. a few years back as they tracked the decline in giving since the 1960’s.  Currently Americans give around 2% of...
Why Making Giving Easy is Important

Why Making Giving Easy is Important

If you are going to be fully funded you need to understand why making giving easy is important.  That is because, the easier you make it for people to give the more likely it is they will give.  Consider that… Commerce in America has changed drastically.  The...