Tag Archives: Ministry Leadership

Is There a Downside to a Spontaneous One Weekend $5.6 Million Church Offering for the Homeless? Er, Yes.

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Pastor Foley

On March 12 and 13 of this year, First Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida had Bruce Wilkinson come in and speak, and he challenged the church to respond to the “new homelessness” afflicting Central Florida due to the economic downturn, … Continue reading →

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A Modest Counterproposal to The New Tithe

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Pastor Foley

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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In Case You Don’t Have Time to Train Your Own Donors How to Pray for Your Cause

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Pastor Foley

In my new book, The Whole Life Offering, we provide tools for training champions how to pray for each of the causes about which Christians are called to care. But in the event that you may be too busy to … Continue reading →

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