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Funding Your Ministry

I get asked often how we funded Revolution Church. Starting a church is HARD. It takes LOTS of work and LOTS of money. I tell planters all of the time, if I could do the pre-launch stage over again, I would have raised more money.

There are many many things that God did at Revolution that have helped us succeed so far. One of the biggest things was when God put us together with The Change Group.

Now that we have launched the church, much of our fundraising focus has shifted. My friend Casey Graham at The Change Group has released a new resource that has helped us a great deal with that shift.

Its called the 5-5-5 Seminar.”

The seminar covers the 5 Cycles of Generosity, 5 Key Financial Systems of Increase and 5 Reasons People Give. I would challenge ANY pastor to get this resource NOW! Some of the biggest things I learned from it were:

  • That we can see financial increase any time during the year
  • That developing a Personal Financial Ministry in our church was important
  • That the time right before summer is very strategic to increase digital giving
  • That first time givers MUST be communicated with and cheered on!
  • That our offering times could be done differently…we saw increase immediately when we made a few easy changes!

The 5-5-5 Seminar might be a small investment…but it will help you see BIG INCREASE in your church or ministry. The Change Group believes in this resource so much that they have even guaranteed that you will see results in 90 days.

GO GET THIS RESOURCE NOW.

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Jesus Said Too Much About Money

“You cannot wholeheartedly be a follower of Jesus Christ and stay lost financially.  It’s impossible, because He said too much about money.”

- Andy Stanley, North Point Church, Alpharetta, GA

Pastors and other peeps in ministry, how can we build a culture that understands this in our churches? How can we break the “80/20 rule?”

Imagine what we could do for the Kingdom if we were willing to give it ALL to God…

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DEBT KILLS

I know there isn’t much blogging going on around here this week. But its just because the storm is coming next week. I am preaching this Sunday on debt. This presents a problem: I only get 30 minutes to speak.

What’s wrong with that? Well, the topic is DEBT. To REALLY cover it, I need a 7 week series. Debt is a topic I am passionate about. It kills. It eats you up inside.

My natural reaction to debt is KILL IT. Fight back. Don’t back down. Don’t give in. Don’t stop.

So next week on the blog, I’ll be posting about debt each day. You’ll get all that content that I wanted to squeeze in the sermon but just couldn’t RIGHT HERE.

Got any debt related questions? Hit me.

Peep that.

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Saturday Morning Shots

  • PUMPED that I am going to the TEXAS vs. the ok state cowgirls game with my homeslice Dan Smith. HOOK ‘EM!
  • PUMPED about preaching tomorrow! We’ll be checking out a story about a Governor as we continue our new series, Letters to the Next President. Bring a friend with you tomorrow!
  • PUMPED up that my marathon is getting close. You should hook me up so I can hook you up. Click here to see what I mean.
  • PUMPED about this cool new iPhone app that let’s you geocache. Pretty stinking cool! I’ve wanted to check out the whole geocaching thing, but haven’t had money to buy a GPS. iPhone already has one though so this is perfect!
  • NOT PUMPED that more people didn’t submit songs yet HERE.
  • NOT PUMPED (this is so random) that dog food prices are so high right now. Seriously. I paid $20 last night for the same bag of dog food that I was paying $12.78 for this time last year. WHY!?!?!
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