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Year-End Giving: 6 Ways You Can Increase End of Year Giving
End of year giving is HUGE for churches and nonprofit organizations. Here are six ways you can increase your year-end giving.
December 1, 2021
Generosity
What is Generosity? Answers Differ for Each Generation, According to Barna Report
What is generosity? A 78-year old might think that generosity translates to committing financial resources on a regular basis to a church or non-profit. A 45-year old might think that generosity means taking care of family. And a 29-year old might believe that generosity means inviting others over for dinner or small group. In the following article, we’ll take a closer look at generational differences in how we think about giving, as well as strategies for promoting a God-centered approach to giving at your church.
November 30, 2021
Generosity

How to Encourage Church Members to Give Without Asking for More Money

The post-sermon announcements are the most dreaded part of being a pastor. "We have an offering today" is usually followed with crickets in response.Why do people dread giving?How can pastors help their congregations to give more generously? What if there were creative ways to talk about giving without just asking for more money? We provide some practical suggestions in this recent blog post.
November 29, 2021
Church Growth

100+ Thanksgiving Bible Verses That Will Make You Thankful

What does it mean to give thanks? How are Christians supposed to show their gratitude? Here's an overview of nearly 100 thanksgiving Bible verses to lead the way.
November 23, 2021
Generosity

Generosity: Should I Tithe?

If Christianity had a FAQ section, this would be one of the first ones you read. Should I tithe? and why? It's an important one and in our recent blog post we highlight key principles to consider. What Is Tithing? Where Does Tithing Come From? Do I Have to Tithe?
November 23, 2021

Generosity

Generosity
Year-End Giving: 6 Ways You Can Increase End of Year Giving
End of year giving is HUGE for churches and nonprofit organizations. Here are six ways you can increase your year-end giving.
December 1, 2021
Generosity
What is Generosity? Answers Differ for Each Generation, According to Barna Report
What is generosity? A 78-year old might think that generosity translates to committing financial resources on a regular basis to a church or non-profit. A 45-year old might think that generosity means taking care of family. And a 29-year old might believe that generosity means inviting others over for dinner or small group. In the following article, we’ll take a closer look at generational differences in how we think about giving, as well as strategies for promoting a God-centered approach to giving at your church.
November 30, 2021
Generosity
How to Encourage Church Members to Give Without Asking for More Money
The post-sermon announcements are the most dreaded part of being a pastor. "We have an offering today" is usually followed with crickets in response.Why do people dread giving?How can pastors help their congregations to give more generously? What if there were creative ways to talk about giving without just asking for more money? We provide some practical suggestions in this recent blog post.
November 29, 2021
Generosity
Generosity: Should I Tithe?
If Christianity had a FAQ section, this would be one of the first ones you read. Should I tithe? and why? It's an important one and in our recent blog post we highlight key principles to consider. What Is Tithing? Where Does Tithing Come From? Do I Have to Tithe?
November 23, 2021
Year-End Giving: 6 Ways You Can Increase End of Year Giving
End of year giving is HUGE for churches and nonprofit organizations. Here are six ways you can increase your year-end giving.
December 1, 2021
[FREE EBOOK] Unleash Generosity: 7 Steps to Increase Giving This Month
Download "Unleash Generosity" to increase giving this month. Generosity starts with a decision in your heart to sacrifice personal gain so others can experience the gospel the way God intended. It isn’t just about money—it’s about following Jesus in every area of life, including finances.
November 4, 2021
How Digital Giving Can Bring Us Closer to Jesus
Wondering how today’s church giving technology lines up with the Bible? Check out these four principles from the New Testament.
February 4, 2021
4 Helpful Insights Our Year-End Church Giving Survey Provided
Discover the year-end giving insights we learned after surveying more than 5,500 church leaders.
November 30, 2020
Church Giving During COVID: Reasons for Optimism
God’s people are still giving, churches are learning from this pandemic, and God is still faithful.
October 26, 2020
20 Tithe & Offering Messages for Any Occasion
Looking for new tithes and offering messages? Use these prompts and scripts to strengthen your appeal and increase giving.
September 14, 2020
How to Make a Church Giving Appeal During COVID
Use these strategies to craft a highly compelling church offering during a difficult time.
September 8, 2020
Cultivating Generosity in a Season of Scarcity
Discuss these issues regarding fundraising strategy during COVID with your church leadership team.
August 31, 2020
The Perfect Donation Letter Template For 5 Situations
Looking for a donation letter template? We've created 5 templates you can edit to request for donation from donors in different situations. Read here!
August 21, 2020
5 Reasons You Shouldn't Start A Church Capital Campaign
Thinking of starting a church capital campaign? We'll explain 5 bad reasons to start a church capital campaign & what to do instead. Read here!
August 21, 2020
197 Inspirational Quotes & Bible Verses | Tithe.ly
Looking for inspirational quotes & verses? We'll highlight 197 quotes on generosity, giving, finances & money from influential people Read here!
August 21, 2020
7 Reasons To Use A Church Giving Kiosk In Your Community
Why should you use a church giving kiosk? We'll explain why making it easy for people to give is important for the health of your church. Read here!
August 21, 2020
Teaching Kids to Tithe: An Onramp to Teaching Youth Generosity
Teaching children to be generous is a gift that will bless them their entire lives. Learn how to disciple young church members to start giving early.
August 17, 2020
A Short Guide To Understand First Fruits Offerings | Tithe.ly
Curious about first fruits in the Bible? We'll explain the difference between first fruits & tithing, why it is important & how to give. Read here!
August 6, 2020
Tithing in the Bible: 100+ Scriptures about Giving
Curious about tithing in the Bible? We'll highlight 100+ scriptures about giving, when tithing was first mentioned in the Bible & more. Read here!
August 4, 2020
How Churches Manage Financial Growth: A Biblical Guide
Learn how to manage fast financial growth in your church so that it doesn’t do more harm than good.
July 27, 2020
Church Giving Fatigue: What it Is and How to Recover
Do your church members not feel like giving? Don’t worry. It’s common. Here we share how to diagnose and prevent giving fatigue in your church.
July 20, 2020
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Church Tech
Top 10 Best CRM for Churches 2022
CRM stands for customer relationship management. While CRM typically applies to for-profit organizations that want to manage leads and customers, it’s also essential for effective church management. In the following article, we’ll take a look at the top 10 best CRM’s for churches that were created to make running a church simpler, more efficient, and more effective.
November 19, 2021
Church Tech
North American Mission Board Partners With Tithely
October 26, 2021
Church Tech
Tithe.ly and Breeze Join Forces
Tithely, the global leader in church technology, is excited to announce that they have acquired Breeze Church Management Software.
September 10, 2021
Church Tech
Fresh Out of Ideas for Church Media? Here's How to Kickstart Your Creativity Again
When you first kicked off your social media accounts, website, and online presence, you may have had plenty of great ideas. But how do you keep generating those awesome ideas after the 1,000th post? In the following guide, we’ll talk about how to kickstart your creativity for generating fresh new church media.
September 2, 2021
Free Sermon Graphics | Tithe.ly Media
These four websites will give you everything you need for your church's digital media.
October 26, 2021
5 Examples of Great Church Websites (And Why We Think They’re Awesome)
More than ever, your church website is a critical touchpoint for members, visitors, and seekers. The best way to create an effective site? “Learn by example,” they say (After all, isn’t that how Jesus taught the disciples?) In the following article, we’re taking a look at five great examples of church websites, and why we think they’re exceptionally effective, engaging, and just plain cool to look at.
May 10, 2021
3 Reasons Why Your Online Service Views are Dropping & How to Fix It
Are you doing everything you can think of, and still your online church viewership is dropping? It sounds like it’s time to troubleshoot and find solutions. In this post, we help you navigate what might be going wrong and then tell you how to fix it.
May 6, 2021
How to Solve Your Church’s Top 3 Practical Problems
Are you a pastor or leader looking for more time, resources, or solutions? Is the sky blue? In this post, we offer simple solutions for the most common practical problems facing your church.
May 6, 2021
Free Websites for Churches and Ministries 2021
According to Grey Matter Research, 17 million Americans who don't regularly attend church have visited a church website. With a free website, your church can catapult straight into 2021 within minutes, making it easier for potential visitors to find you. Not only that, but easily integrate your podcast, church livestream, online giving, and volunteer event forms so all your church resources can be found in one place. Read on to see our top picks of 2021.
October 26, 2021
Can Technology Convert?
Do you ever wonder what role technology plays in converting unbelievers to believers? In this post, we look at how technology can and is used to grow the Kingdom.
May 6, 2021
Best Worship Software for Churches in 2021
Often the most important tools in worship services are the ones that no one sees or thinks about. We did the ground work to compare the six best worship service softwares in 2021.
May 6, 2021
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Church Growth
100+ Thanksgiving Bible Verses That Will Make You Thankful
What does it mean to give thanks? How are Christians supposed to show their gratitude? Here's an overview of nearly 100 thanksgiving Bible verses to lead the way.
November 23, 2021
Church Growth
Coming Home Again - How to help returning members feel engaged & involved
Are people in your church community coming back to in-person services for the first time in a while? Whatever the reason, there are ways to help people re-engage with the heart and mission of your church. Here are 3 ways to get started.
November 9, 2021
Church Growth
How to Use TikTok as an Effective Outreach/Branding Tool for Church
TikTok is incredibly popular and impactful. It has a ton of influence, especially on younger generations. It’s an effective way to spread information quickly. And it’s engaging, fun, and entertaining.But is it a tool for churches?
October 25, 2021
Church Growth
What is the Sabbath? Finding Rest in a Time of Chaos
Most Christians think of the Sabbath as falling on Sunday. However, “Sabbath” comes from the Hebrew word “Shabbat”, which refers specifically to Saturday.The idea of Sabbath is still very much a part of weekly rhythms in the church. But in a culture defined by busyness and distraction, what does a “day of rest” really mean? In the following article, we’ll take a look at what Sabbath is, as well as strategies for adopting this practical habit in a time of hurry, stress, and chaos.
October 19, 2021
How to Create a Stronger Bible-Reading Routine
Reading the Bible is essential to every believer’s walk with Christ–and should be done consistently.We’re called to know the Bible, meditate on it, and look to it as a source of wisdom. We’ll talk about how to develop a stronger Bible-reading routine, as well as how to actually read the Bible to get the most out of it in this article.
October 12, 2021
How to Build a Culture of Commitment & Consistency at Your Church
Most church leaders want to build communities that last, with members that stick with them through thick and thin. Without commitment and consistency from members, the church remains more of an event or activity than an actual community.In the following article, we’ll talk about how to build a culture of commitment and consistency at your church–putting down deep roots, helping people to become more like Jesus, and even seeing lasting change in your community at large.
September 14, 2021
How to Practice Gratitude
Ingratitude is a part of the human condition. Even more so, our 21st century world does not create an environment that helps us to practice gratitude. So, how do we change this? We explore some practical tips for how to practice gratitude in our recent blog post.
September 9, 2021
14 Last-Minute Fun Youth Group Activities & Games | Tithe.ly
Looking for youth group activities? We'll highlight 14 of the best last-minute ideas for fun & meaningful youth group activities & games. Read here!
August 6, 2021
How to Make Your Church’s Social Media Look Clean and Professional: 12 Strategies to Boost Growth and Engagement
Use these 12 tools to transform your church's social media from a low-return vanity project to a high-engagement faith community.
August 5, 2021
How to Pick Curriculum for Your Kids & Student Ministry
The top consideration for choosing a church is the quality of the children’s ministry. If you want your church to grow, you need to consider how well you are discipling the youngest in your local mission field. We walk you through the top 3 considerations to keep in mind when choosing a curriculum for your kids and student ministry.
July 20, 2021
Independence Day in Church: 8 Tips for a Meaningful, Growth-Boosting Sunday Service
Independence Day Sunday is an opportunity to reflect deeply on the freedoms we're afforded as Americans. Here are 8 tips to celebrate Independence Day in your church with class.
July 2, 2021
How To Keep Your Church Connected in a Virtual World
June 29, 2021
The 7 Best Church Website Builders in 2021
June 15, 2021
How to Keep In-Person & Virtual Guests Coming Back Each Week
June 8, 2021
7 Steps to Creating a Must-Read Church Bulletin
People ignoring your church bulletin in-person or online? Follow these 7-steps to turn your bulletin into a must-read document.
May 25, 2021
The Church That Went Online - How ELCA’s Solution to 2020 Will Live On
May 11, 2021
Jesus’ Revolutionary Regard for Women
Jesus’ interactions with women tell us a great deal about the heart of God.
April 5, 2021
The Other Resurrections in the Bible
At Easter, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, but His is not the only one in Scripture.
March 29, 2021
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Leadership
Our Leadership Got COVID... This is What We Learned
A leadership team got COVID during the same week. In our recent article we some lessons they learned through the experience. This will be helpful to you in order to navigate if / when your leadership gets hit.
December 2, 2021
Leadership
Spiritual Disciplines: Giving
Last but not least, we round out our series on Spiritual Disciplines with Giving. What happens when we shift our thinking on generosity from something we need to do, to someone we get to be?
October 5, 2021
Leadership
Spiritual Disciplines: Meditation
We continue the series on Spiritual Disciplines in this post on Meditation. What is the Biblical context for meditation, how is it different from prayer, and what makes it different from Eastern Meditation? We tackle all that and more in this post!
September 28, 2021
Leadership
Time Management and Church Leaders
Leading an organization as complex and evolving as a church requires an enormous amount of diligence. But more than that, it requires the ability to manage personal time, prioritize demands, and stay focused. With multiple types of work to juggle, knowing how to organize and delegate time is critical for pastors, ministry leaders, admin, worship leaders, children’s pastors, and more. In this article we provide you with how to do more than just plan for time management success, but how to achieve it.
September 21, 2021
Leadership
Spiritual Disciplines: Prayer
When’s the last time you thought deeply about your prayer life? In this post, we explore what a meaningful prayer life looks like and how to encourage those in your influence to seek that for themselves.
September 7, 2021
Labor Day 2021 Sermon Ideas
August 31, 2021
Spiritual Disciplines: Fasting
Fasting has a rich Biblical history, so why is it we often don’t hear about it as often as other disciplines? In this post we explore what the Bible says about fasting and how it should be applied today.
August 26, 2021
The War of Passion and Exhaustion
It is interesting how the degree of “goodness” of what we are working toward (or are in the middle of) doesn’t safeguard against us waning passion. So how do we pursue and sustain passion in the midst of having a wearied soul? In this blog post we explore this question.
August 24, 2021
Your Purpose Is Not Hiding From You
"Find your purpose". For so many, it is misunderstood as an unnecessary pressure to perform, to “do big things” or “start something.” It gets tied to identity and worth in a way that I am on a mission to metaphorically break apart.
August 17, 2021
Here's What to Know About Going Digital at Your Church
Today's abundance of church digital solutions can make going digital a tumultuous feat, all-hands-on-deck, never-ending nightmare for churches that are more privy to the just-show-up-and-sing church of yesteryear. Okay, maybe not that bad. Adding digital features to your church ensemble helps your church reach people as they are, where they are (on their phones, in their laptops – online!) Here are six things to keep in mind as your church considers adding digital solutions to the assembly.
August 9, 2021
A Guide to Creating a Killer Church Website
"Last week we posted about the best free websites for churches in 2021. Now we dive deeper to see how user experience (UX), clear copywriting, and regular site management will help you to create a killer church website."
August 2, 2021
Does Your Church Have Clear Messaging?
Having a clear message is important to properly communicate your church's vision and mission. Especially in an increasingly online world, there are a few helpful steps that can be taken to ensure you get your message across to both church members and potential visitors.
July 27, 2021
5 Core Challenges for Church Admin and How to Solve Them
Making sense of the otherwise chaotic church administration universe is all but impossible, especially when you approach it preparedly and with the right set of tools. We've identified five core challenges church admin will face and five strategies for turning that chaos into order.
July 19, 2021
To Go Back or Stay Virtual: Scriptural Insights for Both
July 13, 2021
8 Ways to Run a Successful Midweek Church Event
Life gets busy for your church members, so carefully communicating your vision and reason for mid-week services is important. Some people may be tired from a long day at work, but most people desire connection throughout the week. With proper planning and execution, a mid-week service can become your church’s most exciting event.
July 12, 2021
8 Ways to Reach Gen Z With Technology
July 5, 2021
How to Build (and Manage) a Community of Volunteers
June 21, 2021
The Top 10 Problems in Church Management & How to Solve Them
June 14, 2021
6 Tips to Form a Virtual Bible Study That Works
June 1, 2021
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