1 in 5 Americans have made a charitable contribution through a website. 1 in 10 Americans have made a charitable contribution through a mobile phone text. Does your church offer electronic giving?  If not, you could be missing out… read more on why you might want to consider your...

Baptist Press reports that in 2010, the Morristown church learned that $147,000 presumably sent to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions had not been received by the International Mission Board. Further investigation revealed that five payments (approximately $120,000)...

So… how transparent is YOUR church in the area of giving and finances? Watch this two minute video.  It may challenge you: So… how’s your church...

Tithing to mainline Protestant churches as a percentage of income is at its lowest level in at least 41 years, according to a new report, and churches are keeping a greater share of those donations for their own needs. Parishioners gave about 2.38 percent of their income to their church,...

I’m not sure where this statement came from, but many churches have said it.  I think our church still says this regularly… but it’s something that Casey Graham says you should NOT say this weekend or ever… because it’s simply not true: If this is your first...

How does your church interact with the community regarding donations and fundraisers? The perception of many is that the church is a drain on the local community more than a blessing to it. We have been cautious (perhaps erring on the other side) to never ask the community to contribute to...

I am often asked to support my recommendations that ministries offer technological solutions to giving. Let’s look at the flipside of the question – what happens when we don’t make it easy for our constituents to contribute financial support? As we begin the new year in...

A former rector at St. Stephens Church in Colorado Springs is in big trouble… accused of stealing $392,000 from the church treasury. Rev. Donald Armstrong’s reasoning in court this week?  Well… he did use church funds to pay for his two kid’s college tuitions, but he...

Obviously, this video has an agenda… I couldn’t find who produced the video… but who do you think their audience is?  And how will it be received? Your initial thoughts? HT:  JesusNeedsNewPR.net Share Sign up for our Weekly Email for Church...

A University of Pennsylvania professor and a secular research group decided to try to put a dollar value on churches.  They came up with a list of 54 categories and attempted to calculate what they described as the “halo effect” of 12 churches (10 protestant, a Catholic church,...

An article by David Briggs over at Faith and Leadership presents a pretty glum scenario.  It starts out: You know the bad news. The recession is taking a toll on religious groups, with giving down and layoffs extending from denominational headquarters to local churches. Now comes the...

Yesterday on THE SHOW, Greg Ligon had the opportunity to interview Chris Hodges, Pastor of Church of the Highlands in Birmingham, AL.  Chris talked about the story of how his church has grown exponentially, and how leadership and generosity were key factors, not only in their growth,...

You may have seen them advertised, or thought they were only for larger churches.  But do those automated, ATM-like giving kiosks really work?  Tim Stevens reports that giving is up around 3% at Granger Community Church since they’ve added the kiosks… Here’s some...

Casey Graham writes:  This post is a passion of mine because I am sick of seeing pastors distracted from the work of the ministry to pay the bills.  We work with millions of dollars of church budgets and one common theme we see is that pastors are not making enough money… Casey...

In his statement last week giving the reason for his $900k plea, Rick Warren wrote:  “The cause of our financial shortfall was… simply by the way Christmas occurred in this year’s calendar. After 10 packed Christmas services, and with Christmas Day on Friday, many people...