Good Steward: Perspectives on 2013
FINANCE, Giving Monday, December 3rd, 2012
Church Executive’s Editorial Advisory Panel looks at the year ahead from the perspectives of their work and interests.
Online, on-site, in hand
FINANCE, Giving Thursday, November 1st, 2012
By offering multiple giving options, churches take the hassle out of giving and pave the way for members to exercise greater generosity.
Post-2008 giving realities
FINANCE, Giving Friday, August 31st, 2012
People want to know more about where their charitable contribution is going.
Why your church’s revenue isn’t over the top
FINANCE, Giving Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
Some churches don’t have a clear vision and others don’t teach biblical stewardship.
Online giving spurs an upturn in a down economy
FINANCE, Giving Friday, October 1st, 2010When Fellowship of the Parks Church in Keller, TX, provided online giving to their members
Time to build? Some churches have the vision, raise the funds
Capital Campaigns, Construction, FACILITIES, FINANCE, Giving Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Is this the time for a church to be building? Jobs are being lost and families are rethinking their pledges to their church’s budget. Even as many are having difficulty with their own home mortgage much less be financing their church’s new home, one person in the building trades says the present time is “an incredible opportunity for the faith-based building sector.”
Cultivating ‘radical generosity’ in a crazy economy
Capital Campaigns, FACILITIES, FINANCE, Giving, Worship Center Monday, February 1st, 2010Nestled in South Florida’s sun-drenched Fort Lauderdale area, Church by the Glades had two problems as it headed into the year 2008. One of the challenges was the kind of issue most pastors would love to face. The other problem was much less desirable.
How one church recovered from the brink of financial disaster
FINANCE, Financial Services, Giving Friday, January 1st, 2010When Crossroads Christian Church in Corona, CA, accumulated $500,000 in debt — in addition to falling behind on their mortgage payments — financial ruin and foreclosure seemed imminent.
The altered landscape of giving has both good and bad news
FINANCE, Giving Friday, January 1st, 2010People of faith are renowned for their charitable generosity. Amidst what economists are calling the “Great Recession,” giving to religion is the one subsector of charitable giving that grew in 2008. While charitable giving as a whole decreased from 2007 to 2008 by 2 percent (-5.7 percent when adjusted for inflation) and individual giving dropped 2.7 percent (-6.3 percent when adjusted for inflation) contributions to religion increased by 5.5 percent (+1.5 percent when adjusted for inflation).
E-giving means fewer envelopes to open and less chance of fraud
FINANCE, Giving, RISK MANAGEMENT, Security, Theft/Fraud Thursday, October 1st, 2009Bad weather, vacations and illnesses can cause parishioners to miss church services during the year. While some people will make up their missed donations, many won’t. That’s where electronic giving, or e-giving, can help.
