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Put Your Focus Where it Belongs
If you are going to have a successful capital campaign you need to put your focus where it belongs. “Wouldn’t you love to see the other 80% do their part?” asked a salesman of the former stewardship...
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Why We Don’t Have Salesmen
“Our pledge to budget average is 2.4% of a churches annual budget.” That was a claim a salesman made when I worked for at the time for one of the largest stewardship firms in America. As I sat next...
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The Three Legs of Being Fully Funded
As churches navigate through the challenges of the 21st century the ones that will survive will be the ones that understand and implement the three legs of being fully funded. Gone are the days that...
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Successful Capital Campaigns Start With a Feasibility Study
I am in my 18th year of working in the stewardship field and one thing I have learned is that successful capital campaigns start with a feasibility study! Few in my industry really do this in part...
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Over Promising Results Is One of the Biggest Mistakes Pastors Make!
Don’t over promise. Your members WILL remember! Over promising results and thus creating unrealistic expectations is one of the biggest mistakes pastors make. In my over eighteen years of working in...
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How to Ask People to Give to Your Capital Campaign
If you are going to raise dollars you need to know how to ask people to give to your capital campaign. One of the cool things about my job is I get to work with churches that are alive, growing AND...
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The 7 Most Common Mistakes Churches Make in Capital Campaigns
7 land mines that can blow up your campaign! To successfully raise the dollars you need for your next project you need to know and avoid the 7 most common mistakes churches make in capital campaigns....
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One Sure Way to Kill Your Campaign
One sure way to kill your campaign is to ignore the few that can make your campaign a success. “We don’t believe in singling out lead donors.” That comment was made by a church that where a new...
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Because We Face Changing Times We Must Change Our Philosophy
The reason why The Charis Group is different is that we understand that because we face changing times we must change our philosophy. I did not start this company to be different. I started The...
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How the Uncertain Economic Climate WILL Impact Your Capital Campaign
Before you start on your next project you need to know how the uncertain economic climate WILL impact your capital campaign. “I know what I would like to give but frankly I retired in 2002 and the...
View ArticleWhy the Window of Opportunity is Closing for Churches (What you Need to Do NOW)
Few realize why the window of opportunity is closing for churches. Giving to the church is on a continual decline. If you think it is caused by the past recession you are sadly mistaken. Giving is...
View ArticleHow to Know if You Need a Capital Campaign
The question of how to know if you need a capital campaign is something that stumps many churches. One of my associates called me last week with this question. He has a church that is attempting to...
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A Wake Up Call for Capital Campaigns
America is in the midst of a huge shift that demands churches leaders get a wakeup call for capital campaigns. Times have changed and sadly as with most things church related so has our response to...
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5 Keys to a Successful Campaign
Do you know the 5 keys to a successful campaign? Not all capital campaigns are alike because not all churches are alike. At the same time not all that a church is attempting to raise money for is the...
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What if There Was a Way to Get Your Church Out of Debt
Your church could be headed for a train wreck! What if there was a way to get your church out of debt AND increase your ministry opportunities at the same time? Now there is! I am working on a new...
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If You Build It They Might Come
If you build it they might come should be what every church entering into a building program should understand. Most churches make their first mistake in assuming that new buildings ALWAYS means new...
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How To Get Your Members to Vote Like You Want Them To
Worried how your members will vote? If you are a church leader you want to know how to get your members to vote like you want them to. Politicians spent millions of dollars trying to sway church...
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The Church is Headed for Winter
As I write this the day after the 4th of July, it might seem odd to say that the Church is headed for winter. I am not referring to the actual season of the year but to a time of seeing our growth...
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5 Reasons Why You Should Lower Your Expectations
If you are about to enter into a capital campaign I want to share with you 5 reasons why you should lower your expectations. Forever stewardship firms and even banks and builders have told churches...
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A Creative Way to Fund Your Next Building Project
Could Sr. Care be Your Answer? The truth is that capital campaigns are raising less than in the past so you need a creative way to fund your next building project. That line might not be a good sales...
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