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...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
The times have changed and we better know how to take up an offering in this day of digital giving. Online giving is growing by leaps and bounds. While overall online giving to churches still has not reach the tipping point of being the dominant way people give it...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
I have been thinking lately about how the right question, interpreted the wrong way led to a demise in giving… I know. The title and concept are a lot to get your mind around. But, let me unpack what I mean. I blame the Contemporary Church Movement. ...
