Developing a Culture of Giving Through Your Church Capital Campaign

When we help churches with a church capital campaign, our goal is more than simply meeting a financial need. We want to help you build something deeper, a culture of giving within your church family.

A culture where people are inspired to give their time, their talents, and their treasure to the work God is doing in and through your ministry.

We have had the privilege of helping many churches run successful capital campaigns. But what we truly love is when a campaign becomes part of something greater.

Something that encourages believers to live generously in every part of life.

That means giving their time to serve the Lord. It means using their talents and spiritual gifts to strengthen the church. And yes, it means giving financially, not just to a building project, but to the mission God has given your church.

“For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10

Generous Giving of Time

Every day is a gift from the Lord. Every day brings a chance to walk in the good works He has prepared for us.

One of the goals of a church capital campaign can be to encourage your people to step into those good works, not just with their giving, but with their time.

How would your church benefit from more people serving?

Imagine what your ministry could look like if more of your members gave a few hours each week to serve. To teach. To help. To show up and be available for the work of the Lord.

We want to help you build that kind of culture, where giving time is seen as a normal and joyful part of discipleship.

Generous Giving of Talents

The Bible tells us that every believer has been given a spiritual gift. Most people also have natural talents and many have developed skills over the years that can be used to serve the church.

In our experience, churches often have more gifted people than they realize. What they need is encouragement and direction.

What could your ministry do with more people using their gifts?

Part of creating a culture of generosity is helping people see that their gifts and talents are not just helpful. They are essential.

When people are invited to use what God has given them, they often step forward with joy and purpose.

Generous Giving of Treasure

A church capital campaign will involve raising money. That is an important part of building something or retiring debt.

But we believe giving to a project should be part of a larger effort to increase generosity toward the church’s ongoing ministries and mission.

A capital campaign is usually short in duration, but the culture of generosity it helps create can last a lifetime.

Many churches struggle with having enough people to serve and enough money to fund ministry.

Generosity from the heart can help solve both problems.

Because giving of time, talents, and money all come from the same place-the heart.

When hearts are moved, generosity flows naturally.

“Everyone whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit moved him came and brought the Lord’s contribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments.” Exodus 35:21

If you read through verse 29, you will see those whose hearts were stirred gave both their resources and their service.

That is one of the deepest goals of a church capital campaign-to stir the heart.

When done well, a campaign does more than raise money for a project. It changes lives and encourages joyful, generous living.

This takes prayer, careful planning, clear communication, and focused effort.

That is where your campaign coach can walk with you, helping guide the process every step of the way.

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Need a biblical church capital campaign? Rod and Stephen at Abundant Giving would love to work with you!

Dr. Rod and Stephen Rogers

Owner-Consultants

Abundant Giving Church Capital Campaigns