Kudos to npENGAGE for their post last week on nonprofit websites. As someone who routinely works with nonprofits, websites are often a concern for nonprofit leaders. Does it represent our mission? Is it easy to use? Do you think we need to do something different? These are some of the type of questions that are often […]
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REPOSTED from douglasleslie.com Hey leaders, and more specifically nonprofit leaders, the success of your organization is largely a reflection of your personal successes and failures. If you, and by extension, your organization, is struggling to get a foot hold, the root of your misfortune might be in how you you self relate. Are you
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The following post was so incredibly short AND beneficial we decided to fully copy and past the entire thing. We highly recommend you follow www.ministrybestpractices.com if you don’t already. Don’t allow your church website to become out-of-date and be hard to navigate. Make sure important facts such as service times/location & directions/what to expect are
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We are very happy to be able to announce that we have come to agreements with two new vendors that have been missing for our members. We are proud to introduce Donor Tools, a cloud based nonprofit donor management solution, and Aware 3, a mobile app development platform. With unlimited users, unlimited
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Dan Busby, President of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability, asks three primary questions to help churches be above reproach financially. It is worth the read. READ IT HERE
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1. Communicate for change. Your goal as a pastor is to take people from where they are to somewhere different. This is communicating for change. Andy Stanley will talk about how he crafts messages for “life change” rather than just to communicate information and he’ll also explain how to create clarity and focus around your message at
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Our friends at The Rocket Company is presenting a FREE webinar on learning how to fully fund your church’s vision. You can get more information via the links below. Interviews with: Perry Noble Founding and Senior Pastor of NewSpring Church in South Carolina. Chris Hodges Founding and Senior Pastor of Church of the Highlands.
In 2001 I made the headlong leap into the nonprofit world. It was a shocking experience to say the least. The culture, the economic outlook, the reporting – it all was totally different from the marketplace business activities with which I was accustomed to working. And it wasn’t long until I heard the now infamous
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We wanted to take a quick moment to offer our hearty congratulations to The Rocket Company for such an astounding honor by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Way to go folks. We were just named one of the top 100 small businesses by the US Chamber of Commerce. Hey pastors and churches…THANK YOU. —
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A sobering post has been making the rounds this week from ExPastors.com addressing why so many pastors are leaving the ministry. And as a former pastor I took notice. The statistics, if they hold true are disturbing at best, and at worst reflect a crisis in the pastorate. As stated by ExPastors.com, The statistics speak
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For those working with college students….this is for you! For more information on current movements for college students, check out InterVarsity and SVM2.
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If you help lead a church and are either in the process, or soon will be, proper succession planning is critical for long term success. Take careful note of an upcoming online conference on this topic from the good folks at Leadership Network. Here is a teaser from their website: While there are numerous stories
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