"7" Reasons for the Decline in Church Giving; "7" Best Practices for Those Churches and Church Leaders Interested in Reaching/Teaching a New Generation of Christian Givers
2. Church Giving in the
Century
Reaching, Teaching,
and Preaching
On Generosity to the
Spiritual but
Not Religious
Generation
Dr. Steve McSwain
Author, Speaker, Fundraising Executive
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4. “Giving to churches has been on a
steady decline since 1968; and, the
economy has had little, if anything, to
do with it.”
-- Church Executive, Wed., Aug. 21,
2013
9. “7” Changing Trends
Impacting Attendance and Giving
1. Demographic Remapping of the US
2. Technology
3. Competition
4.Leadership
Crisis
10. “7” Changing Trends
Impacting Attendance and Giving
1.
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4.
Demographic Remapping of the US
Technology
Competition
Leadership Crisis
5. Insecurity
11. “7” Changing Trends
Impacting Attendance and Giving
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5.
Demographic Remapping of the US
Technology
Competition
Leadership Crisis
Insecurity
6. Rise of the “Religiously
Unaffiliated”
12. “7” Changing Trends
Impacting Attendance and Giving
1.
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Demographic Remapping of the US
Technology
Competition
Leadership Crisis
Insecurity
Rise of the
“Religiously Unaffiliated”
7. Rise of Religious Pluralism
13. 1.
A Paradigm
Shift…from
Mega-Church
to Multi-Site
7.
Be an
ecumenical
church and
support
interfaith
events
6.
Know Your
Top 20% of
Generous
Givers by
Name and
Giving
2.
Church
“7” Best
Practices for
Reaching the
Jump into
the TechnoScientific
World
21st Century
Generation
5.
4.
If You Err,
Do So on
the Side of
Information
End the
Culture of
Secrecy
about Giving
3.
Stop
Apologizing
for Teaching
and
Preaching on
Giving