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
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
If you want your church to be fully funded you need to let your members give at the office. I gave at the office used to be something you would tell someone who knocked at your door asking for a donation. Many charitable drives were held in offices. How could they...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
I never thought I would write a blog post with a title, “How VUCA is Impacting Your Church and What You Can Do About It!” VUCA? What is that? I first heard about the term reading Blackbaud Institutes new study entitled, “The Next Generation of...
by Mark Brooks | | Blog
Senior Pastors MUST assume responsibility for giving or a church will not be fully funded! If you doubt that… Let me ask you a question. Is the senior pastor the spiritual leader of the congregation? Without question, the answer is “yes.” Then let me ask...