Encouraging giving within a parish may feel daunting, but there are guidelines and tools available to help you in your local context.
An excellent place to start is the Parish Resources website.
This site has a large range of excellent Giving Resource materials you may wish to consider for your local context, covering areas that include:
- Preaching and teaching effectively
- Giving for Life
- Resources for Nurturing Generosity
- Digital Giving
- Giving and Millennials
The page also has a range of materials supporting you in running Giving Programmes and Gift Days, including:
- A Parish Funding Programme: This programme is a complete giving review. There is a full manual and downloadable templates.
- A Simple Giving Programme is particularly suitable for smaller or rural / village churches. It includes templates and support resources.
- Gift Day: Giving for the Glory of God is a guide to running a one-off Gift Day – either for a special project, or to seek funding for one-off needs.
Resources to help you encourage giving online
Churches rely on the generosity of their congregations and their communities to support their mission and ministry.
The Parish Resources team have produced some excellent guidance and resources to help you encourage online giving. You can access these by clicking here.
Among the guidance is a customizable video that you can use to direct to your giving platform, presented below.