Tag Archives: Donations

A Modest Counterproposal to The New Tithe

You perhaps have seen by now the winner of the 2011 Project Reason video contest, a piece entitled The New Tithe: Mega-churches have used religion as fund-raising tool for too long. They shower their followers in sanctimonious platitudes, then clamor … Continue reading

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The Worst–and Most Common–Fundraising Ask From Missionaries, and How to Fix It

It’s always a beautiful day in the neighborhood when my favorite guest blogger, Todd Eckhardt from World Gospel Mission, drops by. Todd’s topic today: The worst (and, not coincidentally, most transactional) ask a missionary can make, and how to transform … Continue reading

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How to Coach Your Champions Corporately, Step III: Meet Personally With Each Champion Before You Gather the Group

We’re providing step-by-step instructions here on how to move from an individually focused development function to a corporate process. Along the way you’ll notice that we weave together elements of individual and corporate interaction. In today’s third step, we encounter … Continue reading

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