by Mark Brooks | | Blog
Retirees WILL reshape the future of your church. An article in the June 21st 2018 edition of The Wall Street Journal caused me to think of that opening. The article was entitled, “More Retirees, Fewer Workers Strain U.S.” The opening words of the article is...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
Are the glory days of capital campaigns over? Since the 1960’s when there was a huge explosion of church expansion and building capital campaigns have raised billions of dollars for churches. Those days may be over. Studies are showing that the average...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
When it comes to the offering, you get what you ask for. If you ask for nothing you will get nothing. If you don’t ask you will certainly get nothing. ?When it comes to your offering time, what are you asking for? Most churches mess up the “ask”...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
Take a page for the World Cup to learn how half time can help your church be fully funded. As an American I have to confess I don’t know a whole lot about soccer. Yet I do know that most of the world is glued to the television as the World Cup is being played...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
Few books have impacted me like George Barna’s, “The Frog in the Kettle.” When it was published in 1990 as a young pastor I devoured every page. The basic message was change was coming but the Church was acting ignorantly bliss just like the proverbial frog in the...
