Do you know the definition of loquacious (loquacity)?

If the Holy Spirit went on vacation, how long would you continue fundraising before you noticed He was gone?

Interview with Grant Dibden, Navigators National Director, Australia

Let’s go back 2400 years to Nehemiah, the Wall-builder, for a second lesson on leadership and money. You know Nehemiah’s first lesson: Timber for his workers!

Have you heard of William Thompson, AKA Lord Kelvin? He was a brilliant thermodynamics scientist who in 1848 discovered the temperature at which molecules get so cold that they refuse to move.

In my early ministry I struggled with “asking for money.” My conscience plagued me: If I truly trusted God, I would not need to lower myself to ask. Plus, I did not relish the idea of people saying “NO!”

Most giving partners do not automatically increase their support every couple years. Asking giving partners to upgrade is just as time-consuming as going after new donors.

I have a giving partner who gave faithfully every month, but I have not received a gift in six months.

Do you have a standard letter I could send asking him to re-start?

End-of-year giving decisions are made from December 10-31 in America. In other countries start-of-year financial plans are under consideration. What better time for your giving partners to keep you “top of mind” than now—at the end of one year and the beginning of another!