“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” – Matthew 6:21 Because they have more treasure in your ministry than anyone else, who has more heart in your ministry than financial leaders? Financial leaders understand return on investment. They do not want their good money chasing bad ministry investments. No one wants […]
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A Resource For Churches Who Need Help With Online Giving Because Of The Coronavirus / COVID-19
Because of the coronavirus, I have spoken with a number of churches who cancelled services this past weekend and were either not prepared or unhappy with their online giving options. With services going online for the foreseeable future, many are in complete scramble mode and desperately looking for adequate online giving solutions. If this describes […]
6 Things You Can Do To Better Manage Your Money During The Coronavirus (COVID19) And Stock Market Crash
“When fear becomes the reigning emotion, it causes an irrationality to take hold.” These are the words of Joseph Sangl, President/CEO of I Was Broke. Now I’m Not. and INJOY Stewardship Solutions. Today, Joe gave an incredibly informative Facebook Live presentation on the FACTS of the Coronavirus (COVID19) and the stock market’s performance. Everyone should […]
How One Church With 250 Weekly Attendance Baptized 45 People During Its Capital Campaign
Psalm 145:4 says, “One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.” Can a church reach people for Jesus and raise money at the same time? The answer is unquestionably, “YES!!!” If you are not familiar with Grace Point Church and Senior Pastor Rich Brown, located in Abilene, TX, you should […]
How These 3 Churches Grew Their Weekly Giving
My friends at MinistryDeal.com asked three churches what kind of impact using these Giving Scripts had on their ministry. The results were amazing! Here’s what they said: “The Giving Scripts make it easy to talk about finances and people understand it’s an important part of the service” – Mike Stewart, Lead Pastor First Christian Church Urbana “The Giving Scripts have been […]
Get Your Church Online Giving System Audit
Do you want a better online giving system at your church? Feel like your online giving could be better to serve you church members? Having better online giving at your church is likely a systems issue. That’s why our friends at MinistryDeal.com partnered with GiveInJoy Giving Solutions to create the Church Online Giving System Audit […]
17 Lessons From The Amazing Generosity Of Virginia Basketball Coach Tony Bennett
On April 10, 2019 Virginia Cavalier head basketball coach Tony Bennett led the team to its first NCAA Championship. Now heading into his 11th season, he was poised for a significant financial increase. As the kids say, Tony Bennett was about to get paid!!! And then something shocking, unless you know the Bennett family, happened. […]
7 Current Giving Trends In The Local Church
It appears whenever someone writes about any trend in the local church the slant is always negative. The sky seems to always be falling. If you read or listen to many people surveying the church there appears to be no hope at all. Unchurched individuals can’t stand us. We should just baton down the hatches […]
4 Transcripted Sermons with All Promotional Graphics, Small Group Activities, and Presentation Materials
When is the last time your church did a series on what the bible says about money? Did you know that based on a study by Nonprofit Source in 2018 tithers only make up 10-25% of any congregation? It is vital to preach on money in your ministry. 16 of the 38 parables were concerned […]
How God Changed A Husband And Wife And Then An Entire Church
https://vimeo.com/325291181?ref=em-share Have you ever experienced a miracle of God? Has there been a moment in your life when your jaw dropped to the ground because you were in awe of what God did in your life and in the life of your church? Such a moment recently happened to the people of Immanuel Church in […]
7 Promises God Gives People Who Tithe
Tomorrow I have the privilege of preaching the two morning services for The Life Christian Church and their wonderful pastor Terry Smith in West Orange, NJ. This is just a great, great church! I will be telling my wife Sonya and I’s story of trusting God with our giving. As part of my message I […]
How to Grow Your Church’s Weekly Giving in 2019
“I have never received feedback like this from stewardship teaching in 40 years of preaching. We’ve had the highest ever giving online, more givers in one week than ever before, and we had the largest, non-special offering, ever in church history.” – Mike S. I told you last week I was going to be introducing […]