Reboot Church Giving: One Simple Strategy That Radically Increases Church Offerin - Softcover

Eason, Jack; Williams, Mike G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0692127828 ISBN 13: 9780692127827

Publisher: Crossover Publishing, 2018

Synopsis

Let’s start with six quick questions. Do you need to increase the amount of income your church is receiving? Would you like to meet your weekly budget? Would you like to buy some printer ink cartridges without having to call a special business meeting to approve the purchase? Would you like for people to give generously and automatically? Would you like to see younger people get involved in tithes and offerings? Would you like to know the secrets that the hugely successful para-church organizations are using to garner large quantities of money? Great. You are in the right class. Take out your notebooks. Before we go too far into this discussion, we need to make a full disclosure. Both of the authors are ordained pastors, active in local churches, and are responsible for the fundraising for a mid-sized mission in a developing country. We’ve written numerous books and have made our living helping non-profits garner larger gifts from donors. Our business expertise and success has thrust us into the middle of a great world of major non-profit organizations. We are helping those non-profits raise millions of dollars and in turn, they help us fund our international mission projects. There are plenty of donors and money out there. Our objective is to help you receive a rightful share … and, of course, use that for the cause of the good Gospel.

“Tithing is like training wheels when it comes to giving. It's intended to help you get started, but not recommended for the Tour de France.”
- John Ortberg, Author

Let’s get right to it. Some might believe that learning how to ask for money seems like a rather carnal ambition. Maybe it does to you. Does going to seminary to learn how to preach a better sermon seem carnal? Does learning how to speak English so you can communicate intelligently seem carnal? If education in one area is wrong, if learning from experience is wrong, if using a disciple-maker coach to help a person develop their God-given potential is wrong, then this book needs to be burned along with the Eagles albums we burned after Sunday night youth group back in our teens. Hotel California and Take It Easy needed to be dealt with by fire.
If you have room to learn and a mind to consider that there may be a more effective way, welcome. If you think that metanoia can work in areas outside of salvation, you are pre-approved to join our discussion. We do call it an ongoing discussion, as connecting with an ever-fluid giving culture will change. Rapidly.
Some might feel they already know how to ask for money well. We might question why that person should even be reading this book. Pastors, like everyone else, often suffer from what psychologists term the Dunning–Kruger effect. It’s a cognitive bias wherein people believe they are much better at doing something than they really are. Why is it that one fundraiser will make a financial ask and receive a 10-percent response and another will present to the same audience and receive a 40-percent response? Let us agree that we can all get better at doing what we already know how to do.


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About the Author

Mike G. Williams and Jack Eason are ordained pastors, active in local churches, and are responsible for the fundraising for a mid-sized mission in a developing country. We’ve written numerous books and have made our living helping non-profits garner larger gifts from donors. Our business expertise and success has thrust us into the middle of a great world of major non-profit organizations. We are helping those non-profits raise millions of dollars and in turn, they help us fund our international mission projects. There are plenty of donors and money out there. Our objective is to help you receive a rightful share … and, of course, use that for the cause of the good Gospel.
 Mike G. Williams is a serious speaker who inspires adults and makes them laugh. Mike was nominated along with Tim Hawkins, and Robert G. Lee, for the 2017 GMA DOVE Award. Mike prepared to thank people for being nominated until the day he actually won it! His twenty-five years of history touring with groups like Third Day, Casting Crowns, Jars Of Clay, Toby Mac, and the Newsboys, has transitioned to adult conferences with Max Lucado, Ken Davis & Friends, Gaither Praise Gathering, and wonderful local churches. His credits include numerous national television appearances, Bananas Comedy TV, Focus On The Family, 14 CDs, 4 DVDs, and 12 Books. Jack also serves the Crossover CUPS Mission, a 501c3 nonprofit organization that has been privileged to serve the local Church and missions-related organizations around the world for over 25 years. Through the ministry of Crossover, Jack's team led student camps on the East and West Coasts for many years. Jack also produced a nationally syndicated radio and television show aimed at students for over 15 years. Now the Crossover CUPS mission impacts the lives of families in the Dominican Republic. Jack has been serving in ministry leadership since 1989. He has served on church staff as a youth pastor, worship leader, associate pastor, and currently is planting a church. Additionally, Jack served in partnership with the North American Mission Board for seven years by helping produce the Kaleo Conference, an event aimed at helping students hear God's voice to ministry leadership. He also speaks for DiscipleNow weekends, retreats, community outreach events, capital campaigns, special missions emphasis services, and conferences.

Edition details

• Publisher: Crossover Publishing
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0692127828
• ISBN 13: 9780692127827
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104