Giving is part of living. One of my favorite illustrations of this concept is from the Tale of Two Seas. There are two seas in Israel, the Dead Sea and the Sea of Galilee. The Sea of Galilee is full of life. Its shores are lined with vibrant vegetation. Bright and unique fish fill its...
A vision requires a single encounter with God. Visioneering requires patience, investigation, and planning. Visoneering requires faith in God’s ability to work behind the scenes, and confidence that he will orchestrate what he has originated. -Andy Stanley VISION A vision causes excitement. Especially a God-ordained vision. It elevates heart rate. It awakens the desire to...
People are hardwired with a desire to belong, to be included, acknowledged, and needed. We want to be noticed and encouraged. We want to be part of something bigger than ourselves. We want to accomplish good things, and there are plenty of organizations, non-profit and faith-based, out there accomplishing some very good things. And we...
Earn all you can, save all you can, give all you can. This message may have started with John Wesley and the Methodist church, but it has more recently been adopted by Dave Ramsey, founder of Financial Peace University. My husband and I went through FPU seven years ago and it has helped shape the...
What if we lived a life of excessive generosity instead of just excess? Generosity is like anything else. It needs to be practiced. Our initial reaction when confronted with someone asking for any sort of sponsorship, donation, contribution, hand-out, or whatever you want to call it, is “No.” Often, we respond before we even process...
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...
I recently read a post about the Millennial Giver and how the Church’s approach to engaging and enticing them to give needs to change, and I couldn’t agree more. So much so, that it could seem that gvye.io was made with these concepts in mind. Three Ways to Engage the Millennial Giver in Your Church....
Two jars of peanut butter, 6 cans of chicken noodle soup, and 4 boxes of mac and cheese divided into little manageable loads for my kids to carry onto the school bus. Every year they’re eager to participate in the school food drive to benefit the local food bank. They were so excited to...
The first church shows up in the book of Acts soon after Jesus’ resurrection. Acts 2:44-47 says, “all the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need…with glad and sincere hearts…enjoying the favor of all people.” With Glad and Sincere Hearts The church...
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