by Mark Brooks | | The Stewardship Coach, Volume 4
As I write this Hurricane Irma is bearing down upon the east coast and scores of churches are cancelling services. Churches in the hurricane corridor might laugh at those that battle snow but every fall they are faced with the possibility of losing several services. ...
by Mark Brooks | | The Stewardship Coach, Volume 4
Churches that teach the tithe always raise more money and do more ministry than churches who don’t. A great case in point is my client Christ Church outside of Saint Louis. They encourage their members to get their lives in sync by regularly attending worship,...
by Mark Brooks | | The Stewardship Coach, Volume 4
What do you do if your “leaders” are not givers? That is the question one of you asked me last week. Here is part of the email this Giving365 member sent me… [wt_button link=”https://app.box.com/s/ltcg4uvxln0rq8pxcchkvmp203e5qf0f”...
by Mark Brooks | | The Stewardship Coach, Volume 4
It’s not about you. That is the first sentence of Rick Warren’s book, “The Purpose Driven Life.” Yet when you look at most church websites or anything a church produces or posts it is almost ALWAYS about them. We are basically saying, “It’s about me.” [wt_button...
by Mark Brooks | | The Stewardship Coach, Volume 4
“I want to try something new.” That was a comment a pastor made to me last year as we began to talk about his next capital campaign, his fourth in a row! Ultimately, he went with a firm that is pushing a new concept they call One Fund. This concept is gaining...
by Mark Brooks | | The Stewardship Coach, Volume 4
Hype or help. What message is your church sending? If you go to most church websites the message is all about the church. Page after page tells you all about that church. What they do, what they offer, where they are, etc. While all of that is important and...
