Church Planting Tactics

Category: Fundraising

  • How to Create a Church Plant Budget – part 2

    How to Create a Church Plant Budget – part 2

    Last week we looked at first things to consider when you create a church plant budget. Here’s a few more: Startup vs. Recurring Expenses For a lot of expense categories, it makes sense to think of the budget on an regular monthly basis: if your worship department budget is $2,400 for the year, you have $200/month…

  • How to Create a Church Plant Budget – part 1

    How to Create a Church Plant Budget – part 1

    One of the most important things you will do as you plant your church is create a church plant budget. Here are some things to keep in mind as you do: It’s About Vision Your budget document is less about money than it is about vision. When you create a church plant budget, you are forced…

  • Formally Organize Your Church

    Part 4 in the 7-part series, Open a Church Checking Account Formally Organize Your Church There are 2 approaches I’m aware of to formally organize your church: Unincorporated Association Corporation Remain legally under another church & use a fictitious business name for your church’s name There are pros and cons to each. Remember, I’m no lawyer; if…

  • Church Plant Freebie Friday: Amazon Smile

    Amazon is donating money to non-profit organizations when shoppers register through Amazon Smile. Once the regulars at your church plant register, ½% of all their (qualified) purchases automatically come to your church. Or better yet, get all of your regulars to register for the nonprofit in town that your church partners with. Do it as…

  • Church Plant Freebie Friday – Signup Genius

    Signup Genius is a great FREE tool for organizing your church plant prayer team and/or volunteers around events, projects, etc. Here are a couple of ways you could use it: Church Plant Outreach Events Your launch team is participating in a local community event and you need people to take 1-hour shifts during a 6-hour…

  • Don’t Let Your Buddy Do Your Church Plant Website

    Don’t Let Your Buddy Do Your Church Plant Website

    Publishing your church plant website has become an important part of the planting process here in the States. Everyone is going to check out who you are and what you’re about through your website, and usually very early in their relationship with you. Having a website establishes you in the community, helps you communicate, and…

  • Church Plant Financial Audit

    What’s the Problem? You want to handle your church plant finances with utmost integrity. But sometimes expediency or a situation that may feel like ‘necessity’ lures planters into sloppy financial practices. Do you want to be able to assure supporters & local givers that their investment in the Kingdom is being put to best use?…