Does your church do "fundraisers?" You know, a table in the lobby raising money for this project or that? Or, maybe a car wash to help pay for a student conference or something? We do not. In a church our size (I can't imagine how it is in a large church), we get many, many requests to raise funds for this cause or that. Our answer is always the same, "We don't do fundraisers." We do, however, do "special … [Read more...]
Stewardship Pastor Job Description
General Description The Stewardship Pastor is responsible for the overall leadership and coordination of stewardship development activities in the church, leading and supporting all activities to accomplish the church’s stewardship strategy. This includes establishing and championing an annual Stewardship Plan that details stewardship teaching methods, timing, and themes; special offering projects, timing, and … [Read more...]
Donor Retention
Measuring Donor Retention Is A Good First Step In Any Donor Development Strategy
I've said (and written) it many times; "If you're not measuring it, you're probably not managing it." Words to live by, don't you think? I first posted on the topic of Donor Development a long time ago with ... Learning So Much About Church Donor Behavior! I was introducing a new tool I had found that makes "measurement" easy. The tool is a giving Capacity Assessor, and the company is MortarStone. We're still … [Read more...]