I heard it last week from my financial assistant: of the reported revenues for the prior week (total of $56,000), around $29,000 came in the offering plate. That means that about $27,000 came to the church outside the offering plate: in stocks, online gifts, mailed in offerings, etc. This is a change: for years churches felt that the offering plate was their primary source of revenues. Well, I can document that as of last week, things are noticably changing – only 52% came in the offering plate.
That is huge for churches. Church financial leadership must understand that the way of giving and supporting church work has already changed. If churches are not on the “change bandwagon,” then they are leaving some financial gifts “on the table” and not in their offering plates.
So, what are you doing to facilitate giving to your church? Are you making it easy for people to give in new ways? Or are you still relying on the offering plate to provide 100% of your revenues?
Lead On!
Steve