Four Reasons Summer Giving Goes Down

Four Reasons Summer Giving Goes Down

My four reasons why summer giving goes down will surprise you!  Your first thought was probably that summer giving goes down because attendance goes down.  Everyone knows that.  If everyone knows that then why is it that we don’t do something to head off the train...
If You Want to Increase Giving Try a Change Up Pitch

If You Want to Increase Giving Try a Change Up Pitch

Today’s offering advice is this, if you want to increase giving try a change up pitch.   Forgive me World Cup fans but I am a tried and true American that knows more about baseball than soccer.  What I do know about baseball is that successful pitchers must have...
The Church is Headed for Winter

The Church is Headed for Winter

It might seem odd to say that the Church is headed for winter especially since as I am writing this we are in the midst of summer.  I am not referring to the actual season of the year but to a time of seeing our growth curtailed and our influence marginalized.  The...
The Big Shift

The Big Shift

Tom Rainer says of The Big Shift, “The brief book may be one of the most important books you will read.  I mean it.  Don’t put it down.  Read it.  Consume it. Devour it. Act on it.”  That is about as strong of a recommendation as you can get.  Can I just say, “Amen!”...
What the 21st Century Offering Looks Like

What the 21st Century Offering Looks Like

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...