If You Want to Raise Money You Must Preach on Money

A truth that many pastors choke on is if you want to raise money you have to preach on money.  As a young pastor I once counted how many times in the previous year I had preached a sermon on money.  This was back in the day when my church held a Sunday morning service...
What is Your Plan?

What is Your Plan?

We are almost finished with the third quarter of the year and my question to you is, what is your plan?  Churches have plans for everything but do you have a giving plan?  My guess is that you don’t.  The vast majority of churches don’t have a giving plan....

Do You Have a Plan for Holiday Weekends?

As I write this Labor Day weekend is upon us and I want to ask you, do you have a plan for holiday weekends?  Every year we have at least two weekends of the year where the holiday falls on Monday, Memorial Day and Labor Day.  Your members thus have a three day...