How A Church Gathers Funds For Its Various Plans

By Margaret Young


Like any other organization a church needs money to run and function properly. Running and maintaining a church program of taking care of the homeless, orphans and the old people requires funds. Churches also have to pay their staff such as pastors, secretaries, and cleaners.

Services such as water, electricity, transport and other expenses needed to keep the church running are required monthly. Most churches survive on the generous donations and offerings of church members; however these may not be sufficient enough to pay for all church expenses.

There are many kinds fundraiser that the church can try out. Some of the best fundraiser is dog shows, jumping castles, quilt sales, brick sponsoring, chess tournaments, and karaoke tournament.

The church can foster community cooperation in their events through donations from members of the community, or through their support in buying the items on sale.

To hold a karaoke event church member can distribute invites to for people to participate and get information on what kind music they like and which songs they would like to sing. Each contestant pays a registration fee with proceeds going to the church. The church can also hold a sale for donated items such clothes, food, home decorations, or a candy sale.

Church activities include construction of structures such as school blocks, sidewalks and other churches. Building projects are expensive and require greater cooperation among community members. Each person can offer to buy a certain number of bricks towards the construction project.

Donating cars to church is also a great way to raise funds. The donor receives a tax deduction on their car and the church helps find buyers.

The seller of the car get a share of proceeds and the rest goes to the church. This might sound like a hard and long process but the results are worth it.




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