The Silent Crisis in Churches Today: Why Your Generosity might be Stalling and What You Can Do About It
Discover how Elevate Discovery Day helps churches uncover and overcome hidden barriers to generosity, leading to greater ministry impact and Kingdom growth.
Understanding Your Church’s Current Reality Is Key to Elevated Generosity
When churches set out to inspire greater generosity, the temptation is to jump straight into systems and processes, vision casting, capital campaigns, or appeals for increased giving. Here’s how you can elevate your church’s generosity.
Why Your Church’s Offering Moment Should Never Be an Afterthought
How can churches make the offering moment more impactful? What steps can leaders take to ensure that this time resonates deeply with congregants? Let’s explore why this moment matters and how to elevate it in your services.
What Do We Believe About Giving? The Balance of Generosity and Stewardship
As church leaders, we need a well-defined approach to generosity—one that balances both stewardship and generosity in a way that leads to a thriving, engaged, and giving congregation.
The Importance of Data When Growing Your Church's Generosity Culture
Most church leaders dream of a thriving, generous congregation—one where members give joyfully and consistently to support the church’s vision and mission. But how do you inspire generosity in a way that lasts?
How to Use Storytelling to Inspire Generosity in Your Church
One of the biggest challenges church leaders face is encouraging generosity in a way that truly connects with their congregation. Too often, giving is presented as a transactional duty rather than a transformational opportunity. But what if there was a better way—one that moved hearts, deepened faith, and inspired action?
Building Meaningful Relationships with High-Capacity Donors
Building meaningful relationships with these individuals requires more than strategy; it requires authenticity, trust, and shared vision. Here are some proven strategies for cultivating trust and authenticity with donors who can make a significant difference -
How Do We Identify, Execute, and Fund the Vision God Has for Our Church?
Discover how to identify, execute, and fund the vision God has for your church. Elevate Group helps church leaders turn divine calling into actionable steps, ensuring growth, engagement, and lasting impact in their communities.
Welcome To The Team: Phil Taylor
At Elevate Group, we like to focus on bringing our best team to the table when you need help elevating generosity at your organization. We are very excited to have Phil Taylor joining the Elevate Group team today as Lead Consultant. Phil brings with him a long career full of knowledge in leading, coaching, and teaching pastors all over the country.
How Can I Help People Create A Healthy Relationship with Money?
When we talk to people in our churches about money, we usually end up on topics such as budgeting, managing your resources, and generous giving. What would happen if we were to engage in conversations about money as a relationship?
4 Steps To Your Most Productive Day Ever
Today, we’re all busier than ever and technology has not reduced our workload. These 4 Steps will help you make the most out of your day when it gets hectic.
Your People Don’t Give. Is it Your Fault?
Financial stewardship and generosity should be one of the fundamental things a brand new Christ-follower learns about.
Becoming a Transformational Church: Programs Matter
If your church is going to be missional, transformational, relevant, post-modern, or any other hip new descriptor, you better have a good plan of action and that starts with programs.
The Ministry of Asking
Why would a college invest so much in its staff if this work did not significantly contribute to the continued existence and vocation of the college?
How to Use the Offering to Create a Culture of Generosity
Many influential churches around the country are leading a trend in seizing the offering time in weekly church services to consistently teach giving principles and build a culture of generosity in their congregations.
How to Engage Your Donors Using Contribution Statements
Giving statements may be one of the most underutilized ways to improve the culture of generosity in your church. Most churches I talk to send them out once a year, and then it’s only because it’s required. The use of multiple giving statements, throughout the course of a year, can be a fantastic addition to your generosity toolbox.
Generosity is the New Evangelism
When the church acts with generosity to serve others, it is a clear picture of Christ, who generously gave his life and all He had on the cross that we might find life forever.
How to Survive as a Leader: 7 Things You Should Do
Leadership can be very, very rewarding, but at times it can also be frustrating and exhausting. There are certain things you must do in order to survive as a leader. Here are the top seven.
Generosity Beyond The Church
It’s easy for us to prioritize the ministries that directly affect us, becoming so focused on ourselves that we forget about ministries and missionaries committed to spreading the gospel.
How To Engage Your Givers In 60 Seconds or Less
The sixty seconds right before the offering is all you need to engage your people!