Over my 20+ years of serving the local church, we did several 90-Day Tithing Challenges. Overall I would say they were very effective. "Effective at what?" you ask. Giving increased, and, more importantly, giving at the end of the challenge was sustained at a higher level than when the challenge began. In other words, many people started tithing and continued to tithe after the conclusion of the … [Read more...]
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A Key Part Of The Church's Overall Donor Development Strategy
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? Because of a desire not to be "that church" that always appeared to have its hand out, we did not where I served. As a fairly large church (I couldn't imagine how it was in a large church), we received many, many requests to raise funds for … [Read more...]