For some reason, the discussion of money and church staff is always a sticky subject. What should be considered a ‘reasonable’ salary? What does a pastoral salary include? Do you count the housing allowance as part of your calculation? These are all great questions, and thankfully we don’t have to be the legal experts on
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When I was a young(er) man I started reading and listening to all the ‘Leadership’ material I could find. I asked experienced, more mature leaders for their recommendations. I sometimes just happened across a book that I would find interesting to read. One of those books was John Maxwell’s 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. It
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Nonprofits are not known to be on the cutting edge of technology. For those of us in the nonprofit sector, this news comes as no surprise and hardly worth blogging about. However, it is more and more the case that the nonprofit is learning the ongoing necessity of engaging in the digital sphere. But, are
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It is hard to believe, but the holiday season is right around the corner. Next week is Thanksgiving, then followed by the retail juggernaut Black Friday and Cyber Monday, enticing people to go out and start making their Christmas purchases. Did you know after that is Giving Tuesday? What is Giving Tuesday? In the midst
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For both churches and nonprofits alike, your ability to engage web visitors is of great importance. That is why two items are indispensable to you. 1) An engaging website and 2) Online giving. Let’s face it, if you are not using some sort of online giving at this point, you are way behind the
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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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I have a confession. I can be cynical. I don’t mean cynical about things we are supposed to oppose as Christians like infidelity or other egregious sin. I mean I can be cynical about those areas in the Christian subculture that are held sacred. Let me explain. Just a couple of days ago I
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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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