If I have learned anything about building sustainable funding it is this: it is a team sport.
Healthy organizations make it everyones business to find and grow donor relationships.  Its not just owned by one professional.  That is why I wrote the short work book called “grant teams that win.”   This book outlines the roles [...]

We are in a season of change in the non profit world.  For many small non-profits and ministries working to sustain themselves, the challenges have never been greater.  The economy, technology and the behaviors of donors are changing– so what do we do?
- We go back to the basics:
1. Create a trustworthy structure, that donors [...]

The real secret of church growth revolves around one question: Does your body exist to serve itself, or is it called to something higher? This is one of the questions I ask in Missional versus Maintenance church. 
What does “church growth” mean to you? The truth is, many church planters and exponentially focused ministries get turned [...]

We are in a season of change.  Churches are seeking to get more engaged in their communities.  Christian non-profits, especially those who serve people of high need are struggling to make ends meet.  It seems that the pace of change is increasing with each passing day.  The real question that I believe we have to [...]

I have had this conversation with many pastors over the last couple of years.  It goes like this:

“we started our church in outreach to the community using a kind of shotgun approach to service.  We took on lots of different projects to get our name out there and to build a better attitude about the [...]