Episode 09 - Creating A Culture of Giving - Part 2 Access Rosedale

Introduction to the Podcast: Welcome to the Access Rosedale Podcast. Each month we will sit down and share insights about leadership, processes, and the culture of Rosedale Baptist Church. RBC is a leading church in Baltimore, Maryland that is pastored by Scott Tewell. Please join us each month for insights and strategies that have the ability to improve your ministry. We hope you have fun along the way!

Episode 9: Creating a Culture of Giving Part 2. In this episode , we will continue talking about how to create a culture of giving for your church. Executive Pastor Steve Smith, Missions Pastor Robbie Ellis, and our host Creative Pastor Steven Miller join us today.

Takeaways from this episode:
• Be sensitive to how people want to give.
• Think through what you offer with online giving. How is it presented? It needs to be a clear-cut, easy way to give online.
• To create a culture of giving you have to model sacrificial giving.
• Implement incremental giving with first-time givers to help them start the process of giving.
• You have to have a transparency with how you are stewarding people’s
money.

Quotes:
• “Help them follow what God wants them to do” Robbie Ellis
• “It all starts with the leaders in the Church” Steve Smith
• “If you as a leader are not a giver, you are not going to be able to have a culture of giving” Steve Smith
• “Anticipation produces Participation” Steve Miller

Practical Application:
• Create a clear and compelling vision.
• Send quarterly giving statements.
• Have consistent communication.
• Send out thank you letters to your givers, especially to first time givers.
• Have a separate giving URL.
• Think about implementing a 90 day giving challenge.