by Mark Brooks | | Blog
If you are going to be fully funded you need to know what the 21st century offering looks like. As I have written before here, the offering is not dead but it has changed. Today more than ever to fill your offering plate you must provide multiple options for people...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
Retirees WILL reshape the future of your church. An article in the June 21st 2018 edition of The Wall Street Journal caused me to think of that opening. The article was entitled, “More Retirees, Fewer Workers Strain U.S.” The opening words of the article is...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
Are the glory days of capital campaigns over? Since the 1960’s when there was a huge explosion of church expansion and building capital campaigns have raised billions of dollars for churches. Those days may be over. Studies are showing that the average...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
When it comes to the offering, you get what you ask for. If you ask for nothing you will get nothing. If you don’t ask you will certainly get nothing. ?When it comes to your offering time, what are you asking for? Most churches mess up the “ask”...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
Take a page for the World Cup to learn how half time can help your church be fully funded. As an American I have to confess I don’t know a whole lot about soccer. Yet I do know that most of the world is glued to the television as the World Cup is being played...