by Mark Brooks | | Blog
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 | | Blog
The times have changed and we better know how to take up an offering in this day of digital giving. Online giving is growing by leaps and bounds. While overall online giving to churches still has not reach the tipping point of being the dominant way people give it...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
I have been thinking lately about how the right question, interpreted the wrong way led to a demise in giving… I know. The title and concept are a lot to get your mind around. But, let me unpack what I mean. I blame the Contemporary Church Movement. ...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
Leadership Network’s Warren Bird recently asked, “How ‘Dead’ Is Passing the Plate?” Bird’s organization, Leadership Network, is conducting a study of church salaries and benefits. In the midst of that study they asked how much of...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
Senior Pastors MUST assume responsibility for giving or a church will not be fully funded! If you doubt that… Let me ask you a question. Is the senior pastor the spiritual leader of the congregation? Without question, the answer is “yes.” Then let me ask...
