As a follow up to yesterday’s post 20 Leadership Lessons All Christians Should Know From Passion 2012, I would like to go deeper into the subject of cultivating financial leaders in your local churches. As a reminder, after being inspired by the $2,566,670 raised by the 40,000+ students in attendance as well as the 40,000+ watching […]
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Here Is A Strategy For Helping Christians Become More Generous Givers To Churches
Brian Dodd on December 22, 2011 in Church Leadership, Generosity
If your church needs to raise significant capital, I have developed a theory on what is needed for givers to mature, develop and fully participate in your initiatives. I refer to this growth curve as moving givers from Stability To Surrender To Sacrifice. Here is what I have witnessed over the last decade: The first time a person gives to […]
How One Pastor Received A $1.6 Million Dollar Gift
Brian Dodd on November 27, 2011 in Church Leadership, Generosity
On Wednesday, November 23rd I had a wonderful phone conversation with Senior Pastor Thomas McDaniels of LifeBridge Christian Center in Longview, Texas. If you visit his site, you may recognize him from his appearances on TBN or DayStar Television. He has been a great promoter of this site and a tremendous online friend. It was […]
What Pastors And Church Leaders Need To Know About Killing Debt
Brian Dodd on November 20, 2011 in Church Leadership, Generosity
INJOY Stewardship Solutions (ISS) is conducting a FREE webinar on December 7th to help church leaders deal with debt retirement issues. Simply click the image above to join the 300+ church leaders who have already signed up. Pastors and church leaders have been misled by capital campaign companies about church debt. Currently at ISS over 80% of our church […]
The Process Of Becoming A Generous Leader
Brian Dodd on November 8, 2011 in Character, Church Leadership, Family, Generosity
As a leader, I want to be more generous. I desire to have a more open hand and a bigger heart. Often I have to repent and do self-examination because of my insensitivity to the poor and under-resourced. There is a struggle that often takes place within me to serve myself rather than to serve others. I can easily resist […]
5 Habits Of Generous Leaders
Brian Dodd on November 7, 2011 in Character, Church Leadership, Generosity
Tonight I will be speaking to over 75 leaders at my home church, Fellowship Bible Church in Roswell, GA. Our church is coming off of a very successful generosity initiative and I will be discussing 5 leadership lessons I gleaned from the process that are applicable to any leader in their area of discipline. Generous […]
13 Leadership Quotes From Casey Graham And Ike Reighard On How To Better Serve Your Community
Brian Dodd on October 27, 2011 in Church Leadership, Generosity
Wednesday was Day 2 of the Take Out Conference held at NorthStar Church. This incredible event, put on jointly by NorthStar and INJOY Stewardship Solutions, equipped over 175 church leaders to better impact and serve their communities. To read the quotes from day 1, click here. The second day featured Casey Graham, Founder of Giving Rocket, and Ike Reighard, […]