The conventional approach for church fundraising is to finance essential operating expenses with a regular budget and collect special offerings for missions and large capital expenditures. Add to that mix special needs that arise throughout the year and many churches respond with additional love offerings for special causes and situations.
Smithsonian Channel’s “Air Disasters” is must-watch TV in my home. The catastrophic incidents in aviation history are presented with reenactments, survivor interviews and cockpit recordings. But what’s particularly interesting are the insights that show what went wrong and whether or not the crashes could have been prevented. Accidents sometimes occur
There’s inherent tension between leaders and followers in any congregational church. Because effective leaders usually have a strong sense of vision and values for accomplishing the church’s missional objectives, and some members and leaders desire a voice in those same objectives, there’s bound to be healthy push and pull. Victor
Vision is clarified. Strategy is developed. Action plans are implemented. Lives are changed. Needs are met. Growth follows. The pattern repeats. And the end never comes. Or does it? The reality is that growth seasons run in cycles. As sure as there’s a beginning, there’s an end. What kind of
The best ideas and strategies come from leaders and teams closest to the people being served and the ministries deployed to meet their needs. Think about that for a moment. While we often make strategic ministry decisions around the conference table, consider that a better way is to create strategy and generate ideas with
Early in my ministry life, I remember a weekly staff meeting around a large conference table in a cramped room (with fluorescent lights and leather-bound club chairs). At the time, I didn’t think much about the setting or the meeting outcomes, but in retrospect, I see how the two things
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