What Is the Minimum Training Needed to Be Effective?
What defines effective? Obviously that they have the money needed. But it ALSO includes a healthy perspective of inviting partners and not begging for…
Tag: Leaders
Joining Together in the Work
From our recent North America project in Jerome, Idaho, participant Lezah recalls: "We came to a house that said, “NO Soliciting & Keep Out”.
The Church is Not Individual
The Church does not exist without Christ, for Christ is the Cornerstone and we are living stones being built together in Him (1 Peter 2, Ephesians 2).
Reaching Internationals in Your City
It’s truly amazing how God has brought the nations to the United States.
Fanning The Flame in Missouri
In the Spring of 2021, the Western Missouri Operation Andrew Project began with Director of Missions Woody Wilson and churches of the Osage River Bapt…
5 Ways to Deal With Dysfunctional Team Members When You’re Working From Home
Dysfunctional team members are hard to deal with at the best of times.
7 Simple, Yet Powerful, Principles to Empower Your Ministry
I’ll be honest. Raising financial support for my ministry is not one of my favorite things to do. I’ve discovered that it is much easier to keep t…
4 Characteristics of a GREAT MPD Coach
My husband, Mark, and I hadn’t even graduated from college when we began raising our support in 1995. What we lacked in training and coaching we mad…
Comparing Organizational Fundraising to Personal Partnership Development
A number of years ago, someone put a copy of Henri Nouwen’s booklet “A Spirituality of Fundraising” in my hands. Near the beginning of the piece…