08/15/16 – The Labor Day Giving Plan.

by Mark Brooks | | Monday With Mark

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Using Your Platform to Increase Giving

by Mark Brooks | | Blog

Get a plan and work your plan!  That is my mantra!  Last week I began sharing about having a plan to increase giving and I want to continue that this week.  We have spent time focusing upon the Five Tracks that are important to seeing an increase in giving.  Last week...

Getting Over the Fear of Talking Money

by Mark Brooks | | The Stewardship Coach, Volume 3

When it comes to talking about giving what motivates you?  The answer should be funding the vision God has given your church.  Yet for many pastors and lay leaders the answer is, to not offend anyone?  I am continually amazed that churches shy away from any talk of...

How to Develop a Giving Plan

by Mark Brooks | | Blog

Get a plan and work your plan!  I have been preaching this for years.  One of the major reasons we have seen a decline in giving is that churches simply don’t have a plan to combat the decline.  Think about it, we have plans for everything but giving.  Congratulations...

How to Make Giving Cool

by Mark Brooks | | The Stewardship Coach, Volume 3

Consider that the median gift to a church yearly is only $200.  It is little wonder that giving as a percent of income has gone down from 3.11% in 1968 to 2.0% today.  At the present rate of decline the percentage by 2050 will be 1%!  Clearly giving to the church is...