Using a fun, comprehensive approach, Funding Your Ministry Whether You’re Gifted or Not addresses the obstacles faced by anyone in ministry who raises personal support. Ideal for missionaries, pastors, Christian organizations, and other fund-raisers, Funding Your Ministry will help answer your questions and put you on the biblical path for recruiting and maintaining donor support.
This 264-page book starts with a thorough teaching on a biblical perspective of fundraising, then presents practical fundraising strategies, including making appeals to individuals and churches, writing newsletters, and donor ministry. Not only is this book packed with vital information—it’s actually fun to read!
Ellis Goldstein, Director of Ministry Partner Development, Campus Crusade for Christ
"Extremely helpful, fun to read. Scott Morton hits the bull’s-eye."
Chris Withers, Vice President for Development and University Relations, University of Richmond, Virginia
"Morton has done all of us in resource development a favor with this book…takes the mystery out of fundraising."
Dr. Howard Foltz, Professor of Global Evangelization, Regent University
"This is a ‘must-read’ book for an itinerant missionary."
Introduction:
While there are other Christian fundraising books available, no other book addresses this heavy topic in such a palatable way. With cartoons, vivid stories, and a biblical, comprehensive fundraising strategy, this book is one-of-a-kind.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 The Myths I Believed
Chapter 2 Obstacles: Know What's Holding You Back
Chapter 3 Your Attitude Makes a Difference
Chapter 4 Questions of Conscience: Understanding the Biblical Basis for Raising Support
Chapter 5 Five Myths About Raising Personal Support
Chapter 6 Six Mistakes to Avoid
Chapter 7 Before You Begin: Eight Money Management Musts
Chapter 8 How to Set a Fundraising Strategy
Chapter 9 Phoning for a Fundraising Appointment
Chapter 10 How to Make a Face-to-Face Appeal
Chapter 11 How to Appeal to Major Donors
Chapter 12 Appealing to Churches
Chapter 13 Donor Ministry: How to Keep Your Givers Giving
Chapter 14 How to Write Newsletters People Actually Read
Chapter 15 How to Write Direct-Mail Appeals That Get Results
Chapter 16 Especially for Ministry Leaders
Chapter 17 Especially for Pastors and Missions Committees
Chapter 18 Especially for Overseas Missionaries
Chapter 19 Especially for Beginners
Chapter 20 Especially for Single Women Missionaries
Chapter 21 Especially for Ethnic-Minority Missionaries
Chapter 22 Final Thoughts
Appendix
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Scott Morton serves with The Navigators as International Director of Personal Support Development. He graduated from Iowa State University in technical journalism and worked in newspaper advertising before joining the Navigator staff in 1970. Previous assignments include Columbia, Missouri; Iowa City, Iowa; Madison, Wisconsin; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and short-term ministries in Asia and Europe. He has served in Development since 1985. Using this material, Scott has helped thousands of missionaries and ministry leaders become fully funded. Among missionary organizations, Scott’s fundraising program is highly regarded as one of the most comprehensive and successful available.
What Scott says about the book:
"After our first year in ministry-a year of living at 60%-my wife asked me, "Are you going to support this family or not?" This book was born out of my own struggles and victories and my personal realization of the biblical attitudes and skills needed to raise personal support."
