Giving FaithStreet Giving Featured By The New York Post FaithStreet was recently featured by the New York Post. Here are a few selections. FaithStreet co-founder and CTO Glenn Ericksen on FaithStreet's future “I would say the next [evolution] is less hardware-oriented and
Giving Giving Is Hard For Me Giving is hard for me. I struggle with it, but I'm just beginning to unpack why. Some of the reasons listed below are close to the surface (I like to buy stuff) and
Giving Should my whole tithe go to my local church? Pastors hold differing views. We recently shared an article by Pastor John Piper, in which he argues that “There’s no clear biblical mandate that your generosity has to be in a certain proportion to your church
Giving Transaction Fees: Why it’s totally fine to ask givers to cover them When it comes to online giving and text giving in the church, the biggest deterrent is cost. Why should the church have to pay transaction fees? Doesn’t it seem like nickel-and-diming our
Church 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
Giving What's The Best Way To Thank Givers? Do your church members feel that their financial gifts are valued? Penelope Burk, author of ***Donor-Centered Fundraising***, found that 93 percent of respondents to her study said they would give again if they
church growth Greg Gibbs on Creating a Culture of Generosity How can you foster a culture of generosity in your church? Greg Gibbs, Director of Strategic Planning at Kensington Community Church, has worked with about one hundred churches to raise $100 million dollars.
Giving 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.
Giving Your People Don't Give. Is It Your Fault? An interesting question, one posed (and eventually answered by) Chris Willard over on his blog. It must be something every church leader asks themselves: “Other churches seem to be doing well, but we’
Giving 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
Giving 3 Keys for Successful Fundraisers We talk a lot about online giving here at Faithstreet (seriously, we’re the best at it), but churches just as often turn to more “traditional” fundraisers for specific needs in causes. What’
Giving People Give More When They Have Options You know non-profit giving has reached the big time when the “paper of record,” the New York Times, has one of its top economic consultants on the case. In this week’s column,
Giving No Church is too Small for Online Giving Think back to college or secondary school sociology class. The instructor would perform an exercise where students would be asked to write down whether they considered their family lower, middle, or upper class.
Giving Have Online Giving? Great - Now Ask People to Use it! Online giving is slowly catching on among churches, and that’s a good thing (FaithStreet is certainly happy about it). Having it is one thing, but we hear all the time from churches
Giving 3 Ways to Maximize Your Offerings this Easter ******Making the most of your Easter offering**Does your church see its biggest attendance of the year on Easter? While preparing for the
Giving 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
Giving The Top 5 Benefits of Online Giving FaithStreet members and their followers might be aware of our new online giving platform, which is the fastest, safest way for church members to support their parishes. Still not sold on the idea?
