By Rev. Phillip Leo, Church Communications Director Budget shortfalls are like death and taxes… you can count on them. Okay, maybe they’re not exactly the same level of doom, but for many churches, deficits feel tragically inevitable.

By Rev. Phillip Leo, Church Communications Director We often use stories of ministry changing lives to encourage sacrificial giving. And why not? Few things depict a church’s mission more powerfully than stories of personal transformation!…

By Rev. Phillip Leo, Church Communications Director In the course of conversation, a young pastor recently asked, “Two-thirds of our church’s members are 65 years and older. What I want to know is this… “Once…

By Rev. Phillip Leo, Church Communications Director “Giving is a chore. It’s gotta be done.” This isn’t the official line we give to our churches when it comes to giving. Instead we call giving “a…

By Rev. Phillip Leo, Church Communications Director I still remember the first time I overheard how many church members hadn’t contributed a penny to the church’s annual budget. It’s an understatement to say numbers aren’t…