Anderson Mill Road Baptist Church, otherwise known as “The Mill“, is a large church located on the westside of Spartanburg, ...
Author: robertddialjr
God is Greater than Pen and PaperGod is Greater than Pen and Paper
I’ve devoted a lot of posts on this site to ministry planning. In fact, I recently devoted two articles to ...
Budgeting Church Income, Part 2 – Amounts per GiverBudgeting Church Income, Part 2 – Amounts per Giver
We’ve been talking about budgeting income for the church. In my previous post, we looked at four steps to budget the ...
Budgeting Church Income, Part 1 – The # of GiversBudgeting Church Income, Part 1 – The # of Givers
Undeniably, the Income Budget is the most important component of a Ministry Plan. Everything in the Ministry Plan hinges upon ...
Evaluating a Leadership Candidate’s Giving RecordEvaluating a Leadership Candidate’s Giving Record
My purpose in this post is to help churches evaluate leadership candidates in the area of giving. In the end, ...
The Church Giving ProfileThe Church Giving Profile
It’s been my experience that many small to medium-sized churches know very little about the giving base in their church ...
7 Things Pastors Should Know About Giving in Their Church7 Things Pastors Should Know About Giving in Their Church
The single biggest question related to this topic has always been “Should the Pastor know much people give?” I’m not ...
Minimizing The Summer SlumpMinimizing The Summer Slump
If you’re in ministry, you’re painfully aware of the Summer Slump – Attendance drops, activity decreases and giving declines. Offerings ...
Kicking It Up a Notch – Notch #5Kicking It Up a Notch – Notch #5
So far, the essence of the first four notches [see first post in series] were to get income and expenses in ...
Kicking It Up a Notch – Notch #4Kicking It Up a Notch – Notch #4
In the Kicking It Up A Notch series, up to now, we’ve been talking about Expenses. Today, in Notch 4, ...