by Mark Brooks | | Blog
Whether you live on the coast or not there are 5 lessons from Hurricane Florence that every church MUST learn from. Its hurricane season and we just watched what could have been a much worse storm impact our East Coast. As the storm moved closer to shore I began to...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
“I just ran through my top 15 donors and only one of them is NOT a Baby Boomer!” That was what Pastor Shane Bishop recently said to me while I sat in his office. Shane has been my friend and client since early 2000. His church, Christ Church, has exploded in growth...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
The right attitude about generosity will dictate whether or not you are fully funded. Your attitude will be driven by what you believe to be important. So, let me ask you, Do you believe? Do you believe that God has called Christians to make disciples for Jesus? ...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
In my over 20 years of helping churches raise funds I have found there is one key barrier to reversing the decline in giving. It’s the Tyranny of the Urgent. Christian leaders are consumed by immediate problems causing them to ignore future problems. It is not...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
There are six common mistakes churches at the start of project planning. I find that when it comes to developing a project successfully most churches make mistakes far in advance of the start of the project. In this post I want to share with you the top six I have...
