Recommended Reading Online Giving: How to Start or Strengthen It Editor's picks of articles and information to help you keep offerings coming in. The Editors
5 Tips to Increase Giving This Summer Practical ways to encourage donations during these typically slower months. Caitlin Edwards
Q&A: Foregoing Salary for a Tithe Can a pastor's salary be declined and put toward his tithe instead? Richard R. Hammar
Four Ways to Boost Year-End Giving Tap into your congregation’s generosity now so you can finish strong. Kyle Rohane
The Zero-Percent Solution The only time a church mortgage gives any cause to celebrate is when it’s burned.
Electronic Giving Options on the Rise Recent survey reveals electronic options will soon surpass giving envelopes. Marian V. Liautaud
A Pastor’s Thoughts on Knowing What People Give Facts and assumptions about a good—but complex—question Larry Osborne
When the Bank Says No Rejection is no fun under any circumstance. It can be especially disheartening for a church Veronica Abney
Finding the Funding Oasis Getting the money for a building project during a financial drought. Lee A. Dean
A Better Way to Address an End-of-Year Shortfall How to talk about end-of-year deficits—and spur giving. John R. Throop
The Religious Liberty and Charitable Donation Protection Act of 1998 A federal law protects the charitable giving of donors who declare bankruptcy Richard R. Hammar