December 2019

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Fundraising Storytelling: How to Connect a Donor to a Changed Life

Your ministry is a storytelling firm that just so happens to do what you do. Fundraising storytelling is the difference between a donor who reads your appeal and a donor who never forgets it. In a recent episode of The Ministry Growth Show we talked with David Sudarma from Cru and Christy Johnson from Athletes […]

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How User-Centered Marketing is a Missional Opportunity

How User-Centered Marketing is a Missional Opportunity Campus Crusade for Christ, or CRU for short, is one of the most successful Christian ministries in the world, both from a financial standpoint and most importantly in its effectiveness at making disciples. CRU is not only a leader and pioneer in campus ministry but a leader among

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Fundraisin Schedules And Strategies

How to Build a Nonprofit Fundraising Plan That Runs All Year

Stop cramming it all into December. A nonprofit fundraising plan that lives only in the last three months of the year is the most common, and most costly, habit in ministry fundraising. We had Emily Fitchpatrick on The Ministry Growth Show to talk about the fix. Emily started her career at the Billy Graham Association,

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Shifting Fundraising Mindset

Biblical Fundraising: From Begging to a Kingdom Invitation

Fundraising isn’t a necessary evil. It’s an invitation. Biblical fundraising begins with a mindset shift most ministry leaders need before they need a single tactic: the ask is not begging, it is an invitation into the work God is already doing. We had Emily Fitchpatrick on The Ministry Growth Show to talk about this, and

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