by Mark Brooks | | Blog
If you want to improve giving get a story, work your story, tell people about your story and they will give to support that story! This has been one of my major mantra’s that I give to clients. By story I mean, what you and your church are accomplishing. What...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
The number one barrier to a successful offering might surprise you. It is not because the offering plate or bucket is out dated. That day may come soon but it is not here as of yet. In fact a LifeWay study this year revealed that more than half of those that give...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
Hurricane Florence should have shown all of us why the offering must be more than a Sunday event. Last weekend up and down the Southeastern coast hundreds of churches had to close their doors due to Hurricane Florence. Many of their members were forced to evacuate. ...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
“I just ran through my top 15 donors and only one of them is NOT a Baby Boomer!” That was what Pastor Shane Bishop recently said to me while I sat in his office. Shane has been my friend and client since early 2000. His church, Christ Church, has exploded in growth...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
How do you make up a lost offering due to inclement weather? With the impact of Hurricane Florence that is the question that a lot of East Coast churches are thinking about this weekend. Bad weather will impact all of us at one time or another. You not only lose a...