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January 30, 2008
Fundraising trends affecting churches
Trends are just that: trends. They help us made some assumptions and assist in our decision making. They are not absolutes. They are not infalliable. They are just a collection of data and observations that form the basis of some general conclusions.
With that being said, trends also allow us to process a lot of information at a 50,000 foot perspective. As church giving overall is declining, church leaders are beginning to be more intentional about fundraising and financial matters. They recognize that it will take money, time and talents to operate the organizational structure of the Church. It will take money to buy Bibles and go on mission trips. It will take money to meet the physical, mental and economic needs of the community. And without those funds, the Church becomes paralyzed.
One of the trends impacting Christian giving and fundraising that I find most interesting is the inverse relationship between the overall decline in church giving and the increase in people, organizations, training, etc. that have surfaced who are uniquely geared toward helping churches and church members to recover a Biblical understanding of money, giving and stewardship.
As church leaders, what places do you go to or have gone to in the past that have proven to be the most helpful in the area of fundraising?
Posted by bstroup at January 30, 2008 1:15 AM
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