I know a denomination that has committed $10 million to restart church planting.
Not a bad budget. They’re in the planning process for spending it.
How long are they going to take to get the plan right? To get all the appropriate approvals? Until the end of next year.
The problem with movements that have settled down [...]
Tag Archives: Money and movements
Time and Money
21 July, 2007 – 7:30 PM
Why Pentecostals and Adventist tithe and the mainline don’t
27 September, 2006 – 12:23 PM
Australian church-goers give about twice as much to charity as non-believers, with people aged 25 to 44 the most generous, according to research on donations in Australia.
But they are more likely to support specific programs such as aid projects than simply to put money in a collection, which is why many individual churches are struggling [...]
Doing it for free
13 September, 2006 – 5:26 AM
This post from Seth Godin was so rich in application for church planters and movement leaders that I’ve decided to reproduce it her in full:
I was reading John Hammond’s biography entry, (John discovered Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen and yes, Count Basie) and I noticed that he was independently wealthy.
Woz wasn’t looking to make [...]
10 Counter-Intuitive Principals of Development
6 July, 2006 – 8:10 AM
Jon Moore serves the people who are called to give. Here’s what he’s learning about matching money with mission.
1. The world is awash with money.
2. The size of the gift has as much to do with spiritual capacity as financial capacity.
3. There is more reward from going deep than going wide.
4. Donors need ministry more than ministry needs donors.
5. A [...]
Exposing the money myth
4 July, 2006 – 11:44 AM
George Patterson explains why it’s not about the money.
Let us expose a myth. You may have heard a whisper just now, Church multiplication sounds nice, but it requires a lot of money, specialized education, sophisticated organization, high-powered executive leadership, and costly buildings.
Answer with fact: Churches multiply more readily around the world where these things are [...]
God’s business
3 July, 2006 – 10:51 PM
According Adele Ferguson in the Business Review Weekly:
Religion is big business in Australia. If it were a corporation, it would be one of the biggest and fastest-growing in the country, accounting for more than $23 billion in revenue in 2005, employing hundreds of thousands of staff (salaried and volunteers) and wielding unsurpassed political [...]
Throwing money at church planting
29 June, 2006 – 10:37 PM
What would you do with an accountant who lost $100,000 of your money? You’d probably look for another accountant. What would you do with a leader who lost $100,000 of your denomination’s money? You’d probably promote him.
I often meet with church leaders have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in church planting only to see [...]
How to plant a church and eat at the same time
21 February, 2006 – 5:51 PM
OK you’re a church planter. You and any dependents need to eat.
How are you going to get the money?
As a church planter: I’ve been a builder’s labourer, an advertising copywriter. I’ve lived on faith and prayer. I’ve had the support of a parent church. I’ve raised support from family and friends. Michelle has worked while [...]
Churches facing ‘apocalypse’ soon
2 February, 2006 – 4:29 PM
THE Church of England is to demand an urgent government cash
injection of £55 million a year to avert an “apocalypse” with the closure of hundreds of medieval churches.
According to Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, the Church has an annual repair bill of £120 million, but there is a £373 million backlog of repairs.
French cathedrals are [...]
A Minnie movement
29 January, 2006 – 5:34 PM
Disney executive, Al Weiss, plans to raise $300 million to fuel a church planting movements across 50 US cities.
Read all about it in Disney executive moonlights as director of church-planting effort.
Check out the VisionUSA website.
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