We all feel it. Prices are up. Why mail a paper newsletter (i.e. $$$) when email is free?

The Stewardship Foundation in the United Kingdom published a survey showing how much time mission workers spent to keep their giving partners informed.

What seven words will bring you new ministry partners?

Words make a difference! Your potential donors cannot read your mind. Think through ahead of time what you will say. Here are five phrases to avoid…

I recently received some perceptive comments about my newsletter from a reader who receives many missionary newsletters. She is smart, kind and has world vision. She and her husband support many Gospel-workers.

So I asked her six questions about missionary newsletters. In her own words… 

“It feels pushy to send a giving reminder to my people. Why bother them on New Year’s Eve Day?”

Similarly, we can fall for “easy” funding methods, but let us be wiser than the saber-tooths. Here are seven traps to avoid…

You intended to make funding appeals the last two months, but you didn’t get around to it. And now the students arrive in two weeks…

Do you re-connect with lapsed giving partners? If not, you are leaving money on the table. And, doing a disfavor to your partners!