by Mike Hicks | Oct 11, 2017 | Planning
Use the Map My wife and I were recently at a meeting in Philadelphia, PA. Our hotel was right across the street from the Philadelphia City Hall with a statue of William Penn on top. But without a map I did not know where city hall was in relation to the rest of...
by Mike Hicks | Sep 14, 2017 | Giving
Bill Easum’s Advice about New Christians and Money The Effective Church Group recently shared an article by Bill Easum regarding new believers and money. (www.effectivechurch.com) Easum believes that moving new Christians to generosity does not begin with...
by Mike Hicks | Aug 30, 2017 | Children, Giving
Children and Tithing A recent Leading Ideas article from the Lewis Center for Church Leadership shared about teaching children to tithe. Dan Pezet writes that giving to God is a core value of our faith. I agree with him. Giving is at the heart of who we are as...
by Mike Hicks | Aug 23, 2017 | Giving
Some Reasons People Are Not Giving Horizons Stewardship shared some of the following information written by Dustin Cooper. He suggests that there are four reasons why active church families fail to give. The first is personal debt. People just cannot give...
by Mike Hicks | Jul 26, 2017 | Direction, Planning
Looking at Your Church as an Outsider My work at the Foundation takes me to many different churches of various sizes across the Annual Conference. Few churches make it easy to find the right door to the office, the sanctuary or to restrooms in the building....
