Conduct Successful Church Fundraisers

Whitney Hopler

It's exciting to experience God's call to expand your church's ministry in the community. But it can be downright scary to figure out how to solicit the financial support you need to fulfill the call.

Here are some ways you can conduct successful church fundraisers:

Adapted from Successful Church Fund-Raising: Capital Campaigns You Can Do Yourself, copyright 2002 by John R. Bisagno. Published by Broadman & Holman Publishers, Nashville, Tn., www. lifewaystores.com, 1-800-448-8032.

John R. Bisagno has spent nearly 50 years in ministry, pastoring for 35 years. Recently retired from the First Baptist Church in Houston, Texas, he continues preaching both in the United States and abroad.

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