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MAXIMUM Generosity
Brian Kluth
5201 Pinon Valley
Colo Springs, CO 80919
Cell: 719-930-4000 Email:
bk@kluth.org
Web: www.kluth.org
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How to Increase Church Offerings
& Giving 10-25%:
Important Year End and New Year Generosity Strategies for Churches
Proven ways churches to increase your offerings
10-25% or more
By Brian Kluth, pastor, natl-intl
generosity speaker,
author & radio commentator (www.kluth.org) |
THINGS TO CONSIDER DOING BEFORE DECEMBER 31st
In
the church and non-profit world, the biggest transfer of funds comes at the
end of the year. Here are some things churches can do before the end of the
year in order to receive a nice slice of the year-end giving pie.
1.
YEAR-END GIFTS OF STOCK
– Call a stock brokerage house and open up an account for your church. This
will not cost you anything, but once you have an account, you can put notes
in your bulletin, newsletter, and/or website that people can transfer
appreciated stocks directly to the church as a year-end donation. Provide
the stock brokerage account number, website, and phone number in your
material. You may be surprised that you will get some year-end stock
donations that are worth thousands or tens of thousands of dollars. The
church account can be set up so that when the stock transfer is received,
the stock brokerage house sells the stock and sends you the proceeds in a
check.
2.
SPECIAL OFFERINGS:
Thanksgiving is a great holiday to take a special offering for your
benevolence fund, the needy, or a missionary project. For over 100 years,
our church had a tradition of NOT taking a Christmas eve offering. But a
few years ago I instituted take a designated offering for a special need
during the Christmas service. This has resulted in thousands of extra
dollars going to ministries that otherwise would not have received any
funds. Taking up these special offerings are based on the verse in 2nd
Donations 2:3, “Where two or three are gathered, there is the offering plate
in the midst of them!” But kidding aside, taking a special
designated offering at Christmas can even be a witness to people who only
come once a year to church since you are showing you care more about
others than yourself. At our Christmas eve service this year, we will
be taking an offering for a school for disabled children in Ghana, Africa
and outreach ministry in Cuba.
3.
PREACHING:
In your preaching in December, reference the generous and sacrificial gifts
of the Wise Men. Use the line, “Wise men still bring Jesus generous
gifts.” Encourage people to give year-end gifts to the Lord out of the
abundance that God has provided them. You can also encourage people to
remember to give a special birthday gift to Jesus since it is His birthday
we're celebrating!
4.
GENEROSITY BOOKS AS
CHRISTMAS GIFTS:
The
Generous Giving Store
is providing discounted prices on books that encourage godly generosity
among Christians. These Biblically based books will encourage individuals
to greater levels of generosity in their lives. Orders must be
submitted by December 10th for quantity discounts. Click here
for a list of the available books and prices:
5.
YEAR-END LETTER AND MAIL-IN
ENVELOPE:
Your
church attenders will receive large quantities of mail from non-profit
organizations and ministries this month. You may want to consider sending
out an annual year-end letter after Thanksgiving that highlights some of the
positive things in your ministry this past year. You can remind people
that their faithful year-end or catch-up gifts are vital to the on-going
ministry of your church. And you may want to consider including a list
of special pending projects/purchases (with estimated amounts needed) that
will only be able to move ahead with designated year-end gifts. Be sure to
include a
mail-in
return envelope with this letter.
THINGS TO CONSIDER
DOING AFTER JANUARY 1st
Here are some things churches can do in the new year to impact people’s
financial lives and generosity practices:
6.
PREACHING AND TEACHING ON
FINANCES:
Many churches have learned that the holiday season and before the tax return
season begins, people are very open to Biblical teaching on finances. This
is a great time of the year to have a special message or a whole series of
messages that provide solid Biblical teaching on giving, savings, planning,
investing, etc..
MAXIMUM Generosity and
Generous Giving has sample financial sermons and series, Biblical
resource study materials on finances, and proven church practices on
finances.
Crown Financial Ministries, and
Willow
Creek’s Good Sense ministry also have excellent ready-to-use Sunday
school, small group, and seminar materials and helpful resources for church
use. If you have small groups that are looking for curriculum for their
group, consider using the
“40-Days to A More Generous Life” materials.
7.
GENEROSITY VERSE OF THE
WEEK; Every
week in the bulletin show a generosity-verse-of-the-week (list
of 100 verses on generosity) or if you have a video screen, use a
Generosity PowerPoint Verse and Photo of the week.
8.
DEVELOP A 12-MONTH
STEWARDSHIP PLANNING CALENDAR:
By being proactive with a
multifaceted 12 month approach, you should be able to increase your
church’s giving 10-25% in the coming year.
9.
INCLUDE GENEROSITY TRACT
with year-end giving statements:
A Biblically written
generosity tract can be a powerful tool to move people forward in their
giving.
10.
SEND QUARTERLY GIVING
STATEMENTS WITH A “FAITH & FINANCE NEWSLETTER”:
Begin to send out quarterly giving statements and include a “Faith
& Finance Newsletter” and/or “Giving
Chart”. These regular reminders and helpful information will encourage
your people to be more generous in their giving.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Brian Kluth is a national and international speaker and writer
on Biblical generosity and financial matters.
He is also a church pastor and the founder of MAXIMUM Generosity, a public ministry dedicated to advancing Biblical generosity through inspirational preaching, leadership training seminars, writing, resources and the media. Brian’s written materials have been distributed to more than 350,000 Christian leaders in more than 100 countries .For additional materials or to contact Brian, email:
bk@kluth.org or visit:
www.kluth.org
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