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A manual for securing a significant number of planned gifts for a church of any denomination or size.
In order for churches and related religious institutions to advance their strategic growth initiatives, a variety of funding vehicles are required, and a planned gifts program can play an important part. A planned gifts program offers a systematic and sustainable implementation model that is formalized, progressive, and—most importantly—volunteer-based and -driven.
Implementation of a planned gifts program should be centered upon the resolution of significant church needs and the advancement of God’s work. The authors, both successful fundraisers, keep this motivation at the center of their implementation model.
“Bob Sessum and Pend Armistead have published
the tools that they employed successfully at the Episcopal Church of the Good
Shepherd in Lexington, Kentucky. The full campaign was accomplished solely by
the members of the church in leadership roles without outside consultants.”—Kathy
Gross, Former Senior Warden, The Church
of the Good Shepherd, Lexington, Kentucky