Author: Jon White

The middle of a campaign is always uncomfortable. Will we reach the goal or will we not? Will those last pledges come in on time or will they not? Do people want to fund this budget, mission, project or not?

“Case for support” is a fancy fundraising term for “why we deserve the money we are asking you do give.” It is the job of a church to “make the case” humbly aware that they are doing so in the very real context of many other non-profits making their case to the same donors.

we humans have hurts – hours old and decades old. We hold in every cell of our body griefs and losses, abuses which have left scars on us which ache from time to time; often at strange, seemingly inappropriate times.

a Case is about words. Jesus came to Earth as the Word, not the idea. Words are important. How you build a case highlighting why the church deserves to be funded makes all the difference