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The One Secret to Generosity Success
Generosity isn’t Zero Sum. Sometimes, we get into this revolving door thinking where we treat giving like a zero sum game: whatever is gained by one side is lost by another. We’d probably never come right out and say that. But that’s how a lot of churches think. If there’s a limited amount of generosity,…
Leadership Lesson: Faithfulness
“You are not called to plant a church. You are called to be faithful.” Surrounded by four thousand young church planters, the main speaker gets up on stage and makes a passionate plea to the audience: “Go. Plant church planting churches.” And they go. They go out. They meet with STADIA, NewThing, and a myriad…
The Best Church App Platforms
Post Update 3/15/17: After reviewing this post for a new article we are developing, we discovered that some of our information for Aware3 is out of date and needs to be adjusted. The corrected rates and cost for Aware3 for May 2016 is the following: $0 down with a 5% Giving Rate or $1188 down and a 3% Giving Rate.…
How do I select the right church app platform?
Post Update 3/15/17: After reviewing this post for a new article we are developing, we discovered that some of our information for Aware3 is out of date and needs to be adjusted. The corrected rates and cost for Aware3 for May 2016 is the following: $0 down with a 5% Giving Rate or $1188 down and a 3% Giving Rate.…
Does my church need an app?
If you’re a client of ours, the easy answer is no. But … the question isn’t so simple. All of our web projects are mobile responsive out of the box. No code, hooks, updates, etc… required to make them soar as good on mobile as they do on desktop. What we have created for you…
Mistakes in Generosity
11 Common Mistakes in a Capital Campaign Once your church decides to commit to a capital campaign, the last thing you want is to unintentionally make any moves that could end up being detrimental to your campaign. Over the past 25 years, we’ve worked with more than 3100 churches and have seen some patterns repeated…
"You have nothing to prove and no one to impress." - Larry.
I talk about margin a lot. I think some of it comes back to how I was raised, but most of it is how I went through ministry stressed and just plain tired for so long. So I learned how to say no and set proper priorities, learned to value the right thing in life, and really, learned to breathe easier. Maybe you're there now, and maybe, just maybe, you need some margin in your finances, relationships, time, and life too.
