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The 5 Best Ways to Keep in Touch With External Givers

In today’s changing society, you may find that some of your committed supporters are external, meaning anybody who wants to support your church but is not a member. This could be anyone from a former member who has moved away – say, for college

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8 Tips For a Successful Offering

The offering time is often one of the most overlooked parts of the church service. Many pastors feel awkward about that time or go into autopilot as they rush to get through it. Yet, the offering time should be an occasion to worship God

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4 Little Problems Solved by Online Giving

Often times when we talk about online giving here at FaithStreet, we speak in broad strokes. You know, “online giving increases giving overall” (it does), or “online giving is affordable no matter how small your church” (it is). That’s what our customers want

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An Interesting Theory on Declining Attendance

For a church leader, attendance is everything. Sure, a lot more goes into a healthy, thriving church, but it all depends on how many butts you have in the pews. With a recent Pew poll finding that people are definitely, maybe, sort of falling

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Is Your Church Diverse Enough to Survive?

A couple of months ago, OnFaith shared a story titled “Are Millennials Really Leaving the Church? Yes — but Mostly White Millennials.” It got considerable social media exposure, likely because anything nodding in the direction of a doomed church is exceptionally shareable. The piece featured

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Feeling Burnt Out? Why not Focus on Growth?

Last week at OnFaith, we featured a story from pastor J.R. Briggs titled “Why Half of All Pastors Want to Quit Their Jobs.” Upon further fact checking, we found that titular statistic is… a little spurious, at best a little oversimplified. Still, there’

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Church Growth Doesn't Have to be Organized

“Millennials,” people aged roughly 18-32, are an odd thing (Firefox’s spellcheck doesn’t even recognize the word): As The Washington Post noted last week, they want to live in hip, urban environments, but as soon as they make an are desirable, they often

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Is Old-School Thinking Preventing New-School Growth in your Church?

With an increasing number of Americans claiming spirituality but turning away from organized “traditional” denominations, growing an established church can be difficult. If you’re a church leader, you’ve undoubtedly experienced these non-growth pains yourself. However, if we can open our minds a

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Three simple keys for finding the "right" church

Relevant, an online and print magazine targeted at faith-minded millennials, has a nifty article about finding the “right” church. Given that helping people find a church is FaithStreet’s sole reason for existing, this piqued our interest You’ll have to click through to

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INFOGRAPHIC: Millennials and Religion

Millennials are an ultra-hot topic these days, everywhere from the workplace to their dating habits to, yes, religion. The typical “common knowledge” says that religion doesn’t resonate with millennials because they’re too self-absorbed to be bothered with a higher power. Is that

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Fill up on Scripture (and Unleaded) at the Gas Station Church

It’s time for another in our series of the weirdest, wildest and most wonderful churches across the land. Belong to (or know of) an unusual church? Drop us a line! Just across the Potomac from Washington, DC sits Arlington, VA, a bustling suburban

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A Cool Look at Religion and Technology

Gizmodo Australia recently published a post about tech and religion – our two favorite subjects. It mostly centers around some new (and somewhat controversial) apps, from simple prayer reminders to one designed to streamline the process of Catholic Confession. Writer Ashley Feinberg also explores some

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Landmark Roman Church Looks to Online Giving for Support

Interesting piece in the New York Times about what’s become one of Rome’s biggest tourist attractions – the 800-Year-Old Church of St. Francis at Ripa. It just so happens that the church includes a room where St. Francis of Assisi is said to

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Friday Infographic: What's Being Viewed on Your Church Website?

Well, this is instructive: An infographic that beautifully shows what people are looking for when they go to your church website. The full graphic is below, and a larger version is available here. The survey was conducted over six months in 2012 using Google

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The Religious 'Nones' and the Curious Case of Millennials

OnFaith, publication of FaithStreet, has just released a quick report featuring the latest data on religious “nones” – people who select “none” when asked about their religious affiliations. The surprise? They aren’t who you think they are. While many of the “nones” (36 percent)

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Breaking: $600k Stolen From Joel Osteen's Church

Bad news for anyone who donates to Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church (or wants to believe in the inherent goodness of humanity): Thieves made off with a safe containing an estimated $600k in cash, checks and credit card receipts collected over the weekend. News

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