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Church Giving Letters Thank You Message to Church Members: A Note of Gratitude Writing a thank you note to church members isn't always at the top of to-do lists for pastors, clergy or church office officials, but it's necessary.
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Fundraising Top 114 Fundraising Ideas for Churches in 2025 Today, church fundraiser ideas must be both creative and effective. There are many heartwarming stories of communities joining together to help local …
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Financial Stewardship: Best Practices for Churches Financial stewardship is about handling your church’s resources with care, integrity and a clear sense of purpose. It’s ensuring every donation and …
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Ministry Leadership: A Guide Through Digital Donation Tools Being a church leader today means more than preaching and guiding your congregation. With so much happening online, even generosity has gone digital. …
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Key Church Metrics Every Ministry Should Track for Growth Have you ever felt like you’re leading your ministry while wearing a blindfold? If you’re not tracking your church metrics, it’s easy to rely on gut …
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How to Increase Church Attendance: 14 Tactics for Growing Churches Fewer people are walking into churches, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t looking for faith. The question is: Is your church positioned to reach …
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2025 Church Attendance Trends: Unveiling U.S. Membership and Service Statistics Across the U.S., church attendance statistics paint a concerning picture: church membership decline continues, with fewer Americans attending weekly …
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Want a Vacation Bible School Theme That Works? Try These VBS Ideas Vacation Bible School is a great summertime activity for kids. It teaches children Biblical lessons, makes an ideal evangelical tool and helps …
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Church Tech Trends: The Future of Digital Ministry in 2025 Can you imagine running a church today without technology? It’s almost unthinkable. Since 2020, churches have embraced digital tools at a record …
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How Churches Can Use Technology to Enhance Worship and Community Engagement Many churches used digital tools for worship during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Christian Standard, before 2020, only about 22% of U.S. …
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Building an Effective Church Media Team What if your church’s most powerful ministry tool wasn’t the pulpit, but the camera lens? In today’s digital age, a church media team isn’t just …
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The Ultimate Guide to Writing a Great Sermon: From Preparation to Powerful Delivery Did you know that 68 percent of people choose a church based on the preaching? That means learning how to write a sermon and how to write a sermon …
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Unmistakable Signs of a Thriving Church and the Strategies They Use If your church mission is to build a thriving church, you need more than good intentions; you need a strategy. Key church engagement principles …
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Mastering Church Volunteer Management: Essential Tips to Schedule and Empower Your Volunteers Imagine this: It's Sunday morning and half your church service teams are missing. The volunteer database looks full, yet no one shows up for their …
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Recurring Giving: The Secret to More Church Funding Without Asking for More Here's a wild stat: Recurring church givers donate twice as much annually as non-recurring givers. That's from a giving study of 25,000 U.S. …
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Grow Your Church from 50 to 100 Members: Proven Strategies for Growth Most churches never break past 50 members. They stall, struggle with volunteer recruitment and watch attendance decline. But it doesn’t have to be …
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Reaching the Unchurched: What the Data Says (and How to Act on It) Imagine walking into a church for the first time in years. You don’t know the songs, the customs feel foreign and you’re unsure if you belong. This …
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Church Email Marketing 101: How to Write Better Church Emails! Your emails could fill your pews, increase donations and build a stronger church community, but only if people read them. The problem? Most church …
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