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April 3, 2008
Fundraising is an essential church leadership skill
I found The Biggest Pressure for Future Nonprofit Leaders: Fundraising interesting in that 41% of those who responded to the survey stated that they did not want to move into executive nonprofit leadership positions for fear of the responsibility of fundraising.
It's comforting to know that Churches aren't the only segment of the nonprofit world that places the burden of fundraising on the leader of the organization. I would venture to say that the number would be even higher if you translated the survey into the context of the Church.
I appreciate Jeff's post about the same subject on his Donor Power Blog:
But it's troubling, too. Why is it so common in the nonprofit culture to be so wrong about fundraising?How is it that fundraising is a bothersome distraction from the "real" work of so many nonprofits?
If these leaders paid attention, they'd see fundraising in a different way. They'd realize that what it does for donors, for causes and for society are astounding. They might come to understand that fundraising is so great, so important, that it matters as much as their primary mission.
Fundraising is an essential skill for every nonprofit leader. And for those who don't want to bother with it...maybe it should disqualify you from top leadership.
Pastors who understand the importance of fundraising know this skill as the means by which one sustains and grows and ultimately does more ministry.
And expanding the Kingdom is what it's all about.
Posted by bstroup at April 3, 2008 1:26 AM
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