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Employee Spotlight: LEEANN BUTTRAM

Today’s spotlight shines on Shelby Systems’ Giving Customer Success Specialist: Leeann Buttram. Leeann provides resources and support to help make Shelby’s online giving feature run as smoothly as possible. The Giving Implementation Guide, that Leeann helped to create, provides a mix of project management tools for planning, technical how-to’s for system set-up, and editable communication […]

10 WAYS TO SPUR GIVING TO THE CHURCH WITHOUT ASKING FOR MORE MONEY

Some church members are not able to give as generously as they would like. In that case, why not encourage those families to give to the church in other ways (volunteering their time and services for example). “Time, Talents, and Treasures.” If you’re lacking in one area (treasures), you can contribute in others (time and […]

WHY YOUR CHURCH NEEDS MOBILE GIVING

In this year’s Giving USA Special Report on Giving to Religion, you can find some interesting bits of information on the current state of religious giving. Once again, we find that “religiously affiliated people more likely to donate, whether to place of worship or other charitable organizations…” So while church attendance is decreasing, the rate […]

Online Giving is Popular With All Age Groups

A new report on giving provides more evidence that churches need to be taking donations online. Here’s the good news. This year’s Annual Report on Philanthropy from Giving USA shows that “religiously affiliated people are more likely to donate, whether to places of worship or other charitable organizations.” Even as church attendance is decreasing, […]

How Millennials Increase Your Church’s Giving

Some church leaders believe that young people don’t give. Is this true? Do millennials not give? Are millennials selfish individuals who don’t care about anything else other than themselves? Let’s examine some research to find out. Millennials are caused-based in their giving In a survey conducted by the Barna Group and Compassion International, 47% of […]

Increase Donations with Digital Giving

As more and more church-goers use debit and credit cards as their primary payment methods, churches are scrambling to offer new ways to give. Here are three methods that can help your card-wielding members support your church: Let Them Give Online Set up an online giving page. Having an online option for offerings will […]

5 Reasons Why People Give

What motivates you may not motivate others. As you teach people to give, it helps to understand their reasons. Some give because of relationship. People will give money to an organization because they have a relationship with the people there. Some give because of vision. A compelling vision inspires people to give (Proverbs 29:18, KJV). […]

10 Compelling Tips to Boost Giving in Your Church

There are best practices when it comes to increasing giving and the following ten points could have a positive impact on giving in your church. Share a Compelling Vision It is the responsibility of church leadership to help members understand the mission (why we exist) and vision (where we are going) of the ministry. This […]

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