What Most Christians Get Wrong About Giving with Rick Dunham

Today on the Servant Leadership Podcast we welcome Rick Dunham, the founder of Dunham and Company. For more than twenty years, Rick has led Dunham and Company, one of the most respected fundraising and strategic consulting firms in the world. The work Rick and his team have done has helped ministries impact hundreds of millions of people globally. Rick is the author of If God Will Provide, Why Do We Have to Ask for Money?, and is widely recognized as a leading voice on biblical generosity, data-driven fundraising, and long-term ministry growth. Join us as Rick shares the heart behind biblical generosity, the changing landscape of nonprofit giving, leading and releasing through seasons, and Rick's uniquely biblical perspective on what it actually means to be a servant leader.

Timestamps:

00:00 Opening

00:25 Rick Dunham Intro

01:10 Welcome Rick Dunham

01:24 Rick’s Journey - Dunham & Company Origins

02:29 Shifting Focus Towards Ministry

02:52 Changing Understanding Of Generosity

04:29 God Doesn’t Want A Tip, He Wants Our All

05:19 Aligning Our Hearts With God’s Purposes

06:16 The “Everything Is God’s” Perspective

06:59 A Data-Driven Focus

08:31 Servant Leadership - Humility And Self-Awareness

10:12 Building Trust With Clients

12:09 When Things Go Awry

13:22 Focusing On Those You Serve

14:06 Australia Expansion

14:54 Complexities Of An Overseas Office

15:23 An Earned Succession

17:15 Trent’s Grand Vision

19:24 Helping Other Leaders Grow

20:54 Having The Hard Conversations

22:47 No One-Stop Solutions

24:32 Counterintuitive Marketing Truths

26:30 Full Inboxes vs Empty Mailboxes

27:26 The Power Of Text Marketing

28:02 Cross-Network Attribution

28:27 Increased Giving Despite Decreasing Givers

30:26 New Deductions For Donors

31:51 Getting The Message Out

32:29 Trends In The Nonprofit World

33:58 Creating Impact

35:40 Dunham + Co’s Next Ten Years

36:49 Mentoring The Team And Clients

37:30 Ten Rapid-Fire Questions

40:24 Importance Of A Servant Leadership Podcast

43:10 Closing

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