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...
Use Testimonies to Improve Your Offerings

Use Testimonies to Improve Your Offerings

Here is my tip of the day to improve giving, use testimonies to improve your offerings. My mentor in the stewardship field, Dave Sutherland, use to say, “Nothing moves a heart like a heart that has been moved.”  We used testimonies regularly in our work with churches...
How Disruption Will Impact Your Church

How Disruption Will Impact Your Church

With all that is going on around us you need to know how disruption will impact your church.  I have been seeing a lot written lately about the word disruption to describe the days we live in.    Disruption is defined as, “disturbance or problems that interrupt...
The Baby Boomer Boomerang

The Baby Boomer Boomerang

 Is your church ready for the Baby Boomer Boomerang?  A newly released study has found that 1 in 5 Baby Boomers are turning to religion in their old age.  That 20% represents approximately 19 million boomers.  I am calling this trend the Baby Boom Boomerang. Why are...