21st century generosity: "7" trends impacting church giving and "7"best...

21st Century Generosity

BEST PRACTICES IN CHRISTIAN GIVING FOR A NEW GENERATION

Church Giving in the 21st Century

Reaching, Teaching, and

PreachingOn Generosity to the Spiritual but

Not Religious Generation

Dr. Steve McSwainAuthor, Speaker, Fundraising Executive

Declining ChurchAttendance and Church Giving

“Giving to churches has been on a steady decline since 1968; and, the economy has had little, if anything, to do with it.” -- Church Executive, Wed., Aug. 21, 2013

Seven Changing Trends

Seven ChurchTo Do’s

Why? What?

Seven Changing TrendsImpacting Attendance and Giving

1. Demographic Remapping of the U. S.

“7” Changing TrendsImpacting Attendance and Giving

1. Demographic Remapping of the US

2. Technology

1. Demographic Remapping of the US2. Technology3. Competition


1. Demographic Remapping of the US2. Technology3. Competition4.Leadership

Crisis


1. Demographic Remapping of the US2. Technology3. Competition4. Leadership Crisis

5. Insecurity


1. Demographic Remapping of the US2. Technology3. Competition4. Leadership Crisis5. Insecurity6. Rise of the “Religiously

Unaffiliated”


1. Demographic Remapping of the US2. Technology3. Competition4. Leadership Crisis5. Insecurity6. Rise of the

“Religiously Unaffiliated”7. Rise of Religious Pluralism


“7” Best Practices for Reaching the21st Century Generation

1.A ParadigmShift…from

Mega-Church to Multi-Site

Church

2.Jump into

the Techno-Scientific

World

3.Stop

Apologizing for Teaching

and Preaching on

Giving4.

End the Culture of

Secrecy about Giving

5.If You Err, Do So on

the Side of Information

6. Know Your Top 20% of Generous Givers by

Name and Giving

7.Be an

ecumenical church and

support interfaith events

21st Century Generosity

BEST PRACTICES IN CHRISTIAN GIVING FOR A NEW GENERATION