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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.

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

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

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: 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

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

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

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

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: 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!

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!

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.

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.

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

North American Mission Board Partners With Tithely

October 26, 2021

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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.

How To Keep Your Church Connected in a Virtual World

The 7 Best Church Website Builders in 2021

How to Keep In-Person & Virtual Guests Coming Back Each Week

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.

The Church That Went Online - How ELCA’s Solution to 2020 Will Live On

Jesus’ Revolutionary Regard for Women

Jesus’ interactions with women tell us a great deal about the heart of God.

The Other Resurrections in the Bible

At Easter, we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, but His is not the only one in Scripture.

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

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

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

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

What is Labor Day, where did it come from, and how should you incorporate it into this Sunday's church service? Here we give you three sermon ideas for Labor Day 2021, five Labor Day sermons from years past, fifteen scriptures to include in your Labor Day sermon, and more.

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.

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."

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.

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.

To Go Back or Stay Virtual: Scriptural Insights for Both

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.

8 Ways to Reach Gen Z With Technology

How to Build (and Manage) a Community of Volunteers

The Top 10 Problems in Church Management & How to Solve Them

6 Tips to Form a Virtual Bible Study That Works

8 Ways to Build a Multigenerational Church Community with Technology