Resourcing Your Church: Capital Stewardship Campaigns

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How Your Church Can Continue To Thrive In Tough
Economic Times
Presented By
Stephan-N. Tchividjian, CCFSF Jim Sheppard,
Generis Patrick Johnson, National Christian
Foundation
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Funding Ministry In A Struggling Economy

• Jim Sheppard
• CEO Principal
• Generis

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Current State of Economy

• Some areas affected, other areas not affected
• Keep things in perspective with a long-term view
• Stock market goes up and down, but over long term
  it will go up

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Giving and the Economy

• Research 1968-2005 (source Empty Tomb)
• Six recessions giving increased in 3 while in 3
  others it declined
• Giving declined in 4 non-recessionary years
• Giving does not necessarily go up or down with
  the economy

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Ministry in Struggling Times

• When times are tough, more people need help
• Church needs to be in a position to respond
• Teach financial responsibility
• Financial Peace University (Dave Ramsey)
• Crown Financial Ministries (crown.org)
• Good ense (goodsenseministry.com)

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Giving in the Church

• People are more connected to their church
• Church has direct contact 52 times a year
• More loyalty to church giving than to other types
  oforganizations

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How Will We Respond?

• 2 Samuel 24/1 and Chronicles 21
• Will we as the church rely on the number of
  fighting men or the power and provision of
  Almighty God?

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External vs. Internal Factors

• The reality is
• Your church is more at risk for decrease in
  giving due to internal factors than external
  factors like the economy.
• External factors are relevant but internal
  factors are more relevant.

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The Key Factors to Success

• Do you have a clear vision? (reason to exist)
• Is the vision shared?
• Are your people connected to ministry?
• Is your focus external rather than internal?

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The Key Factors to Success

• Are you creating a culture of generosity?
• Do you have strong staff leadership?
• Are giving appeals connected to your mission?
• Do you have major conflicts among staff/laity?

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Final thoughts

• Do not be ruled by fear.
• In a lost and hurting world, the church is needed
  more than ever.

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Creating a Culture of Generosity in the Church

• Learning from 4 years walking with churches
• Patrick Johnson
• National Christian Foundation

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Two Issues

• Foundation
• Strategies

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Foundation
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F1

• Generous Churches Led by Generous Pastors
• Antioch Community Church, Waco, TX
• 70 of 2,000 people who attend church give to
  that church
• Pastor and his family are also radically
  generous

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F2

• Gospel Focus
• Redeemer Presbyterian Church, NYC
• Evalutes everything through the Gospel

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F3

• Generosity as a Core Value
• Fellowship Bible Church, Brentwood, TN
• Weave core values into messages and foundation of
  church
• Almost every person who attends the church can
  name the core values of the church

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F4

• Kingdom Focus Outside verses Inside
• Saddleback Church with PEACE, Irvine, CA
• High capacity givers want to be involved with
  churches that are focused on Kingdom Purposes

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F5

• Faithful Corporate Stewardship
• North Point Ministries, Alpharetta, GA

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Strategies
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S1

• Recognize the Need Impact of Culture
• Lincoln Berean Church, Lincoln, NE
• A lot of people are impacted by todays
  challenges with debt
• Church needs to step up and do something about
  cultural impacts on the people at the church

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S2

• Develop Passionate Leaders and Hold them
  Accountable
• Mt. Pisgah Church, Alpharetta, GA
• Volunteer job descriptions and commitments from
  people for three years to fulfill these roles

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S3

• Seek to Reach Every Steward
• Gateway Church, Dallas, TX
• Those who are hurting to those who are hoarding
  and everyone in between

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S4

• Preaching Disconnected from the Ask - Motivation
• North Point Ministries, Alpharetta, GA
• Talk about what you want FOR them not just FROM
  them

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S5

• Teaching Art and Science of Stewardship -
  Education
• Mariners Church, Irvine, CA
• Create environment where people are taught how to
  be stewards
• Get them passionate about teaching others how to
  do something about their motivation to be generous

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S6

• Celebrating
• Connecting the Ministry to the Money
  Punctuation
• Fellowship Bible Church, Brentwood, TN
• Link the money to the ministry with examples of
  how peoples generosity has helped the ministry
  of the church achieve result

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How Your Church Can Continue To Thrive In Tough
Economic Times
Presented By
Follow Up Questions, Please ContactStephan-N.
TchividjianPresident, CCFSFsnt_at_ccfsf.org