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| “In order to meet this goal, would you consider doubling your monthly gift to Reliant?" Not all of us will be able to do this, but many of us will, and we believe this investment is seeing much fruit right now. We pray you can give as generously as you are able and God leads. Regardless of what you can do in addition, we remain incredibly grateful for what you are already investing. Thank you. We’d love to give you a call really soon—let’s catch up since it’s been such a long while. This is a good excuse to connect. |
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Special Gift Ask
If your goal is monthly, avoid the special gift ask until you’ve asked clearly for recurring giving first. Donors need to understand clearly what you need. If they They may think that giving an additional $500 right now is just as good or better than increasing their monthly , you maygift.
If you ask, share a concrete ministry need, such as a seminary class or new ministry computer, and be bold to ask if they could cover the entire cost. You’ll be surprised at what people will do, especially to cover a one-time, concrete gift. A $1000 $1,000 laptop is not too much to ask if they believe it will have a big impact on your ministry. If they cannot afford this, they’ll let you know. Then you can ask for a contribution towards toward the goal.
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| Even though we have personal needs, we can’t directly ask people to give |
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| “Could I legitimately reimburse this cost?” before you use it as an example. |
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Ask
When asking for referrals with those you have previously asked this, be sure to:1.
- Acknowledge previously bringing this up. “I know a couple years ago you helped us meet a few other people to tell about the ministry
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- . Thank you! Now that we’re back to
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- full-time support raising, this might be a key way to help again. We need more people to join the team.”
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- Report back on results of the previous request
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- . If you were able to share with someone, or especially if someone became a partner, lead with this story. Often we forget to do this, and partners might not realize how crucial this is.
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- Remember the basics: connect things to the ministry need
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- and remind them that you are completely dependent on others helping you like this, brainstorm before getting contact information, etc.
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- Invite them to feel ownership of adding people to the partner team. “You and our current financial team will be able to cover some of the increased need for Reliant, but if we work together we can add others to the team who care about campus ministry as well…”
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- Ask about previous referrals that never seemed to pan out
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- . “Does it make sense for me to try them again?”
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In-person or not in-person?
For many of us returning to fulltime full-time MTD, we will have to decide how much many in-person partners appointments we can do.
Scott Morton, support-raising guru for the Navigators, holds a “every five years” minimum rule for seeing partners face to face. If it’s been that long since you’ve been able to visit with partners, it’s recommended you take advantage of the fulltime full-time break to do so. (of Of course an inefficient visit to a far away faraway state may not always be always possible; , but consider if a better time will ever appear.).
For most of us, a fulltime full-time return to MTD that lasts longer than 4-6 weeks should likely involve seeing many partners face-to-face and related travel. This investment in relationship will pay dividends in better responses to both financial and referral asks , and the long-term stability of your team.DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY & SOCIAL MEDIA
Digital Technology & Social Media
As the world has turned digital, some of the best new MTD tools are digital—and digital — and formerly reliable paper letters and normal phones aren’t always the best basic go-to. In fact , some will find that with cell phones and universal caller ID, the phone call has become a less obvious option for initial contact with MTD. Since these things change, consider your fulltime full-time MTD a good time to get up to speed on the latest so you can be most effective with MTD.
Quick Tips
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- A personal missionary website, even if very basic, is almost more important than a
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- Personal
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- emails work well as a first “hello” tool to re-initiate contact with partners.
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- Sometimes a text message works in place of a voicemail.
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- Facebook and Twitter status messages can help communicate with those that love and feel ownership with your ministry
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- , including ministry partners
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- . “We reached 50% of our special financial goal for this summer today: keep praying!”
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