Business training for pastors is gaining ground
“A church isn’t a business. But, running one does require some business management techniques.”
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On their level
Billy Goff, CEO of Dallas-based Goff Companies, shares the 5 elements his firm’s most successful children’s spaces projects all have in common. 1) Security. This is the first and foremost priority. We like to design spaces with one way in and one way out, aside from emergency exits. The focus is on having one check-in […]
Read More >The top 3 website flaws
By Kelly Meeneghan As a decision-maker in your church, having full control over the website is critical. Website visitors place a large reliance on a positive online experience. More than anything, they want optimal reliability, functionality and attractiveness. To this end, our company recently conducted research among more than 1,300 U.S. consumers to gauge their […]
Read More >Online giving 101
What do Hurricane Sandy, Colorado wildfires and summer vacations have in common?
Read More >Good Steward Awards 2013: Safety & Security
RISK MANAGEMENT Trinity Fellowship (Amarillo, TX) Trinity has 125 volunteers on its usher/sentinel ministry that assist in services and events. It also has 12 armed Special Response Team members, four Emergency Response Team members, and two medics. To help prevent burnout among the usher/sentinel ministry team members, half work even months; the other half work […]
Read More >IRS changes could impact year-end gifts
This past week, I attended a meeting of the local NACBA chapter that invited a guest speaker to address the new IRS guidelines lead by a local CPA specializing in church tax issues and audits. Just to be clear, I didn’t attend this workshop because I love accounting. In fact, during my freshman year in college, […]
Read More >Nearly three quarters of household charitable giving goes to organizations with religious ties, new study finds
RELIGION NEWS SERVICE/ Los Angeles — The new report Connected to Give: Faith Communities demonstrates that nearly three-quarters of all U.S. household giving — 73 percent — goes to organizations with religious ties. The report, which for the first time takes into account donations to religiously identified charitable organizations alongside congregations, highlights the multidimensional nature […]
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