With turning the calendar, mission-workers resolve to improve their funding. For example, “This year we will…”

The first time I asked my giving partners to increase their support, not one responded. Zero! I was crushed—the old country song came to mind, “I don’t think you love me anymore!”

Now is the time to plan your end-of-year/start-of-new-year fundraising.

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?

This is a recurring theme with mission-workers around the world. When the National Office makes noise about appealing to “your donors,” the hair on the back of your neck stands up.

Me? Typo’s? 

Sorry. We’ve all done it. You might not notice typos in your newsletters, but many of your readers do—guaranteed!

I got this idea from the book The Dumb Things Smart People Do With Their Money by Jill Schlesinger. So, I wondered, what about fundraising.

Here are six dumb things smart Gospel-workers do in fundraising. Fasten your seatbelt.

Interview with Grant Dibden, Navigators National Director, Australia