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Author Morton, Scott, 1944-

Title Funding your ministry : a field guide for raising personal support / Scott Morton
Published Colorado Springs, CO : NavPress, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Introduction -- Section One: As You Begin -- Half-Truths I Believed -- Obstacles -- Questions of Conscience -- Ten Crucial Attitudes You Must Not Neglect -- Section Two: Developing Your Strategy -- Six Bad Assumptions -- Three Benchmarks for an Effective Strategy -- Social Media and Email in Fundraising -- How to Set Your Fundraising Strategy -- Section Three: Effectively and Respectfully Asking -- How to Ask -- Phoning -- How to Make a Face-to-Face Appeal -- How to Appeal to Major Donors -- Appealing to Churches -- How to Write Appeals for Cash -- Section Four: Ministry to Your Giving Partners -- Donor Ministry -- Write Newsletters People Love to Read -- Section Five: Especially for You -- Especially for Organizational Leaders -- Especially for Pastors and Missions Committees -- Especially for Overseas Missionaries -- Especially for Short-Termers -- Especially for Single Women Missionaries and Their Supervisors -- Especially for Gospel-Workers of Color and Their Supervisors -- Section Six: Biblical Financial Management for Gospel-Workers -- Money: Kingdom View or Cultural View? -- Money Management -- Lessons from Fundraising History -- Stories from Others -- Introduction to the Online Appendix -- Notes
Summary An In-Depth, Biblical Guide for Successfully Raising Personal Support. Break through the fundraising fears and financial barriers keeping you from full-time ministry. Funding Your Ministry will answer your questions and put you on the biblical path for recruiting and maintaining donor support. In this updated, Third Edition, international funding coach Scott Morton has expanded his popular resource with new sections on: -social media, -email best practices, -proven principles for gospel-workers around the globe, -stewardship and budget management, and -a leader's guide for encouraging fundraisers. Funding Your Ministry will help you become a joyful and courageous fundraiser, develop a Biblical view of requesting support, build long-term donor relationships, overcome fundraising blind spots, strengthen your stewardship, and reach over 100% of your goal. From publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Fund raising -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Missions -- Public relations.
RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Missions.
Religion
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781631466854
1631466852