Avoid pitfalls and encourage congregants to give online
Churches are more saturated than ever with options available to execute online giving. It’s almost as if you have to learn a second language just to make sense of it all.
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Reduce planning fatigue with a short-term time frame
There are few books available for the church administrator’s craft and so Church Administration: Programs, Process, Purpose (Fortress Press, 2007) by Robert N. Bacher and Michael L. Cooper-White is a welcome and needed resource.
Read More >Seven key steps to help outfit your church choir
Is it time for new choir robes? Robes can represent a large investment, and you want to make the most of it.
Read More >‘ELMER GANTRY’: Why can’t the church put its house in order?
It was Wednesday evening New Community at Willow Creek Community Church and Bill Hybels had some “family” business to share with the congregation.
Read More >Safeguard employment practices in order to protect your church
Would your church’s insurance policy provide coverage if the church, the pastor, the board of directors, or the business manager was sued by an employee or former employee who claimed he or she was sexually harassed, wrongfully terminated or subjected to racial or sexual discrimination? Probably not, unless you have employment practices liability insurance (EPLI).
Read More >Mission possible: Motivational factors for charitable contributions
The number of charitable organizations in North America has been growing prolifically for more than a decade. As a result, people now have more options when considering their charitable contributions.
Read More >Lift up your church with an innovative construction technique
When Blackshear Place Baptist Church in Flowery Branch, GA, opened its doors in 1955, the founding fathers could not have foreseen the growth that would take place during the next 53 years. Since its inception, the congregation has grown to more than 5,500 individuals, with a majority of that growth spurt occurring since 2003 when membership was about 3,000.
Read More >How PCI compliance will protect your congregants
More churches and nonprofits are looking to their Web sites to raise funds and collect donations as well as do the work of processing registrations and payments for events, classes, Bible studies, VBS — you name it — all online.
Read More >Generosity Evangelist: ‘Live open-handed in a tight-fisted world’
“Growing up, I was very materialistic; I was a taker, not a giver,” says Brian Kluth, author of the stewardship devotional 40 Day Spiritual Journey to a More Generous Life.
Read More >Fast growth and few controls invite employee embezzlement
The headline shrieked across the second section of The Arizona Republic last September 1: “Accountant Held in Church Theft.”
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