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Most Lapsed and Inactive Donors and Members Don’t Wander out the Back Door; They Wander Back Out the Front Door

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Pastor Foley

Bob Allen’s Why Do People Leave Churches? post on the Associated Baptist Press blog (thanks to Call & Response for the tip) is as applicable to secular charities as it is churches and religious nonprofits, as it deals with the … Continue reading →

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Alternatives to Shane Claiborne’s Holiday Mischief, Part II: Moving from Mischief to Maturity

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Pastor Foley

We’ve been thinking together this past week about Shane Claiborne’s holiday mischief, talking about where it falls short from the standpoint of Transformational Giving (TG), and what a TG-based alternative might look like. Shannon Pekary at Palo Alton’s Ravenswood Youth Athletic … Continue reading →

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Alternatives to Shane Claiborne’s Holiday Mischief, Part I: Why Holiday Mischief is not P/E/O

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Pastor Foley

Our Monday post on Why Shane Claiborne’s Idea of Being “Long Gone” is the Wrong Kind of Holiday Mischief prompted an astute and well-reasoned question from Shannon Pekary at Palo Alton’s Ravenswood Youth Athletic Center, who wrote: I am confused by … Continue reading →

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