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Funded and Free

The number one question I DO NOT get from church planters is “how do I fund my church plant?” This should be question number one. Trust me. Revolution Church is six months old and I had no idea how much money it would take. There are so many things you don’t think about at first!

To make it worse, if you are a “lion” personality or A-type as many church planters are, you simply do not have what it takes to manage the financial side of your church on your own. The first step to growing a healthy church is to admit that you can’t do it all.

What’s the second step? Buy a book that just came out called “Funded and Free.” Casey Graham and Joe Sangl have teamed up to release this rocket style approach book that will help you become a funded church, free of financial worry.

I have been working with Casey for over a year now and there is no doubt that Revolution Church is reaching people because of his coaching on biblical financial management principles and funding techniques.

I called the approach of the book “rocket style” because each chapter is no longer than two pages and gets right to the meat of what you need to know. This is MY KIND OF BOOK. No fluff. No puff. No junk.

Here are just a few topics in the book that have helped Revolution the most:

  • Leverage digital giving (Number 1 help at Revolution!)
  • Fix the summer slump (HUGE!)
  • Create an obstacle and opportunity fund
  • Connect life change to giving
  • Haste makes Waste
  • Fund life change – not the squeaky wheel
  • Develop a generosity brand

There are 50 chapters total, each hitting an important topic with super practical and simple advice.

If you click here you can buy 5 books for $50 now. I recommend getting one for everyone on your staff and reading it together. Or, buy 5 books and give one to each church planter that your church supports. Seriously, this stuff ought to be REQUIRED reading for any church planter.

Trust me. The two pages on “fixing the summer slump” alone are worth thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars. We have grown both financially and numerically through the summer just by praying our guts out and applying these simple principles.

One more thing. I know Casey Graham. I know his heart. This is the best part of this book. Casey has been in ministry and truly has a heart to see people meet Jesus in churches all over the world. This book isn’t about making money. Its about the Gospel. I tell every church planter I meet that dollars equal people you can reach. This book will increase your dollars so that you can reach more people. Its ALL ABOUT THE KINGDOM.

Don’t be prideful. Don’t be dumb. Get at least one copy of this book NOW and DEVOUR it.

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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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