With church services canceled due to COVID-19, many churches are struggling to bring in enough revenue to keep running. Especially churches that rely heavily on checks and cash in the Sunday collection plate. These churches need more giving options. The current season of closed doors and social distancing has made it clearer than ever: churches… ⪼ Continue Reading…
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Church Fundraising – 9 Keys to Improvement (Part IV)
This is the fourth of our four-part series on successful church fundraising. (See Part I, Part 2, Part 3) Look back at Prof. Sargeant’s surveys (sourced from the this periodical). Two of the main reasons people gave for leaving a charity were a) the charity didn’t make clear to them how the donations were being… ⪼ Continue Reading…
9 Keys to Improve Your Church Fundraising – Part III
This is the third of our four-part series on successful church fundraising. (See Part I, Part 2, Part 4) The focus of this post is the giving experience. What kind of giving experience – what thoughts, impressions, positives, frustrations – does a donor have when donating to your cause? Giving Experience for the Church Fundraising… ⪼ Continue Reading…
9 Keys to Improve Your Church Fundraising – Part II
This is the second of our four-part series on successful church fundraising. (See Part I, Part 3, Part 4) For this post, we’ll zoom in on the first principle of fundraising: motivation. How do you convince donors that your project is worth giving to? First, a church organization and its congregation and donors need to… ⪼ Continue Reading…
9 Keys to Improve Your Church Fundraising – Part I
This is the first of our four-part series on successful church fundraising. (See Part 2, Part 3, Part 4) I don’t recall the speaker’s name or her cause, but I remember the pitch. As I sat in the BJ Haan Auditorium at Dordt College, she made her call to action, to meet her in the… ⪼ Continue Reading…
Donations for Flood Relief – How to Record it
Events like Hurricane Harvey and the flooding in Texas remind us of how fragile and unpredictable life can be. We see, or even personally know, people and families who are suffering intensely as their lives are turned upside down. Receiving donations for flood relief and recording them properly is necessary to ensure donors have the… ⪼ Continue Reading…