The Digital Giving Strategy Creating a Culture of Gratitude By Saying Thank You This is the fourth in a series of posts; all directed to help you create a Digital Giving Strategy. Several years ago, I read a book by Florence Littauer, entitled, “It Takes So Little to be Above Average.” The title says it...
How can we better serve churches? That was the question that both Dave Dummitt and the other co-founders of Gyve, were asking themselves. At the same time, Mark Brooks, known as, The Stewardship Coach, was asking similar questions to arrive at the same end, increasing generosity in churches. Dave and Mark had met several years...
How do you implement a giving platform? How do you change from one giving system to another? How do you encourage your member base to participate? It’s easy… you just roll with it! ROLL-OUT Rolling out a new generosity platform is no small task, but Gyve is committed to partnering with you to make...
Are you hedging your bets against God? Diversifying your portfolio and hedging your bets are advisable tactics in many situations. It keeps you afloat, eliminates risks and allows for failures and miscalculations. But we’ve taken this concept of diversifying and have applied it to worshipping God with our finances. We do not bring the “whole...
As a church leader, how does one balance the tension of church giving and growth? Church leaders are watching the weekly offering, thinking and budgeting every cent to go to the next hire, the next building project or campus plant. As churches grow, so too do the needs of the people within. The Bible tells...
How does an organization create a culture of simple generosity? I think we’ve over complicated this whole idea of generosity. What happened to a neighbor lending a neighbor a cup of sugar? Now, in order to be generous we need campaigns and programs. We use algorithms and Google analytics. No wonder there are so many...
All churches need to learn how to maximize impact in their organization. From church plants to multi-church networks, generosity and giving is the number one key to maximizing impact. Maximizing Impact We are a connected and informed generation. With the internet, we have the capacity to learn, share and buy anything with the click of...
Pastor Merv Thompson from the Luther Seminary generated a top-ten list of why people become more generous. Since it falls in line with much of what we believe at Gyve.io, I thought I would share a condensed version of his list and expand on how Gyve can help cultivate these concepts. For the completed list,...
How To Create A Culture of Generosity: 3 Easy Steps Churches are communities, and communities have a culture. Whether it’s actively set by church leaders or passively watched, the culture is the driving force for any church. In this article, we go over 3 easy steps on how to create a culture of generosity in...
1. Leaders eliminate the unnecessary to focus on the necessary Reduced income forces leaders to make decisions to purge activity that fails to contribute to the core mission. Leaders have learned in the tutorial of the recession that much of what a church does doesn’t lead to high impact. Leaders must change how they lead...
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