by Mark Brooks | | Blog
You need to know how the last weeks of the year determine your success. Primarily I am talking about your giving success. Whether or not you will be fully funded depends upon your last minute giving strategy. Are you ready? Let me illustrate… How many games...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
Would you like to know how to get free offering talks? Every week I write a newsletter called, “The Stewardship Coach.” Each issue contains key thoughts, ideas and examples of how to increase giving. I also include a weekly offering talk. $99 a month or...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
There are 2 deadly mistakes that churches make with their donors that are easily corrected. Since this week is Thanksgiving I thought I would write about one of the biggest mistakes churches make in raising funds, taking their donors for granted and failing to thank...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
Who is to blame for the decline in giving? Americans are giving 28% less to the church today than in 1968 a leading study shows. What is amazing is that Americans incomes have risen by 148%. So, we make more and give less. Again, who is to blame for that? We love...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
To be fully funded here is what you need to know and do about the state of church giving. Recently empty tomb, inc. released their annual report on giving entitled, “The State of Church Giving Through 2016: What Do Denominational Leaders Want to Do with $368...