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Bill McMillan & Joel Mikell > 11 Fatal Mistakes Churches Make During Capital Campaigns (part 4)
Fatal Mistake #4:
Skip Over Getting Input from Key Volunteer Leaders
The success of the capital campaign will depend upon the involvement of everyone in leadership. That’s why it’s important to get input from key volunteer leaders. This group recognizes when a capital campaign has been developed by a few people without input from others.
Before the campaign begins, it is important for staff leaders to open a dialogue with key volunteer leaders. Staff leaders must give volunteers the opportunity to ask questions and must respond with direct, honest answers. These leaders are the people who will carry the capital campaign forward. If they are not supportive of the campaign, it will not be as effective as it could have been.
If key volunteer leaders feel as if they are a part of something, they are more likely to share their excitement with those they influence. On the other hand, if they feel as though they have been left out of the loop, they will share that with others as well.
Staff leaders who have tried to carry out a capital campaign without gaining input from key volunteer leaders have learned that the likelihood of achieving a campaign’s goals is directly proportional to the number of key volunteers who have input in the process.
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About Bill McMillan
Bill McMillan brings thirty years of ministry experience to the RSI team. As Executive Vice President for RSI, Bill serves his team through the management of business development with every client as well as custom services. As an RSI consultant, Bill has served many of America’s great churches to help them grow their stewardship culture and resource their visions. Some churches that Bill has served include Granger Community Church, Eagle Brook Church, Mariners Church, Bayside Church, and Gateway Church in Austin, TX. Bill earned his BA from Wayland Baptist University, his MRE from Southwestern Seminary and his MA in counseling from Texas Tech University.
About Joel Mikell
Joel Mikell, President of RSI Stewardship, has a passion for the ministry of stewardship. He has personally watched church communities, as well as individuals, experience profound spiritual growth and life transformation through stewardship journeys built around prayer and scripture. As a gifted leader and public speaker of relational, holistic stewardship, Joel feels a deep calling to serve the local church by helping them steward and resource their vision to reach people for Christ. Joel is co-author of Church Giving Matters, a book with practical tools for church leaders to give strategy and hope regarding stewardship. Joel recently released an eBook entitled Crafting a Theology of Stewardship and is co-author of The Ministry of Giving which is the only book of its kind that focuses on ministering to financial leaders in the church outside of a campaign.
