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Should we stay with the stewardship
program we used last year, or is
it time to consider a change?
With the form below you can quickly evaluate member
response in your last stewardship effort and make an
informed decision.
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20___ Pledge Report
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How Our Contributing
Members Responded
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Number of Pledges
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%
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1. Increased pledge
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%
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2. Decreased pledge
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%
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3. Pledged same amount
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%
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4. Sub Total: Contributing members
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100%
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5. New pledges from inactive members
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Total Pledges
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Line 1: Members on Line 1 help your church keep up and get
ahead. The goal is to have majority respond here so that the
church is not so dependent on a small number of large donors.
Line 2: For the most part, decreases on Line 2 can’t be helped.
They are usually the result of finances, retirement, health problems,
and the like. It is wise to anticipate such attrition.
Line 3: In any given year, the overwhelming majority of members
repeat the same gift, often for years. Repeating the same gift is often
more a matter of habit, than finances. By encouraging small but
steady forward steps, the majority can be moved from Line 3 to
Line 1. Multiplied across your entire congregation, small steps
become a giant step for God’s work.
Line 4: New giving on Line 4 helps offset attrition on Line 2 and
brings members closer to the church. Most “inactive” members
want to keep their church affiliation and will respond to a thought-
fully presented suggestion. Our experience shows they will.
Is it time to change?
The decision is yours, but if the response of your members
last year are comparable to what you see on this website,
there’s really no reason to change. But if not, we invite you
to Preview all of our website, order a Review Kit, and consider
this program.
We hope you find this form helpful and suggest you com-
plete this form every year no matter what program you use.
We encourage our church clients to do so and think it’s the
reason so many use our program 4-6-8-10 years or longer.
The Living Stewardship Program
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It’s all part of a well planned program for inspiring
growth and achieving the best response possible.
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The LSP provided professional quality, reasonably priced
products and required a minimum of administrative work. It
is cheaper than even printing a locally designed program.
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Don Shirk
Stewardship Chair
United Methodist Church, VA
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Rather than spending lots of time creating a program
we were able to focus on the theme and the goal.
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Sue Calcagno
Giving Campaign Chair
Episcopal Church, NJ
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Easy to use, timely and positive results. Professional and inspirational material which would be hard to make on our own.
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Roger Reeverts
Lutheran Church, IL
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It was the easiest program to put together
we have done in a long time.
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Alice Heard
Stewardship Chair
United Methodist Church, MS
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Simple to implement with a small committee. Helped
increase inactive participation by approximately 20%.
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Judith Austin
Stewardship Chair
United Methodist Church, CA
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It resulted in a 50% increase in the number of pledges
returned compared to our own in-house campaign.
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Joseph Doninger
Stewardship Chair
Lutheran Church, IL
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A huge success with an increase of 24% in returned
pledge cards and total pledged the highest on record.
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Carolyn Breitbach
Stewardship Council
Catholic Church, MN
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It has saved thousands over the years. We’ve seen
an increase with pledges and increase in dollars.
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Randy Jansen
Finance Chair
United Methodist Church, IA
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People today require professional looking materials
from the church if we expect them to take notice.
The program is easy to implement.
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Rev. Bob Sinclair
United Methodist Church, TX
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It has simplified the pledge process and produced an increase
in giving. It is easy to use and is impressive in its results.
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George C. Pratt
Stewardship Chair
Community Church, NY
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The materials are of high quality but inexpensive enough
to send to everyone who might become a contributor.
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Mary Lee Mann
Treasurer
Presbyterian Church, FL
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It would be an honor to serve your church.
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