FEATURE : ADVICE FOR CHURCH LEADERS
Church Leaders Q & A : The Future of Capital Campaigns By Greg Gibbs
With the current chaos that seems to be inside and outside the church these days , one of the hot topics in the church leadership world is this : What is going to happen to capital campaigns ? It is an understandable question since most associate campaigns with buildings . And churches have had to reinvent their ministry model for most of 2020 to continue to love and serve without a facility .
But capital campaigns do more than just fund building projects – and pastors who have conducted one know this . It congeals a congregation around a vision and it causes everyone to pray and process their commitment to God and the church in an intense way . It is a spiritual greenhouse of sorts – generating growth in amazing and often unexpected ways . Here are a handful of questions I have been chatting with pastors and leaders about these days .
What if we were planning on doing a campaign in 2020 – should we go ahead with it in 2021 ?
It is tricky to make predictions about the future .
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