Year-end giving– links to donor resources–and a suggestion for your communication ministry
Before the year closes out many people want to make the most of their charitable giving contributions, below is a link to the IRS site that explains charitable giving guidelines and might be useful if people call or email the church office with questions. Here is the IRS LINK overall for charitable giving: http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=251223,00.html For [...]
NEW ebook: Church Financial Communications, 116 pages of samples from churches
Raising money, encouraging your congregation to give, getting them excited about projects at the church that need funding are all continuous challenges for church communicators. This Great Idea Swap book has 116 pages of pages of samples from churches all over North America and it is only $5.00! There are building fund booklets, great continuing [...]
How do you communicate a budget shortfall to your church?
We live in challenging times and though our churches are about good news in Jesus, sometimes we have to communicate bad news and currently many churches have to communicate that the budget is not being met. I recently got the email below from a church communicator asking how to do that. Below her question I’ll [...]
