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- Make a list of all persons in your life who believe in your ministry. Places you have served, significant people from churches where you have served, relatives, key mentors and people in your lives.
- Ask key people and significant people if they have other contacts and would be willing to write a cover letter, like CMA.
- Identify 2-3 key people that you can ask for a large amount. Don’t simply write these persons, call personally after an intention letter goes out that let’s them know you are going to be calling.
- In your letter to everyone, let them know you are going to be calling in a few days to follow up since these commitments are key to you launching within a certain frame of time.
- Contact larger organizations and churches you know personally and who believe in planting. Ask them to commit to you. This is a stronger base than individuals. They will also be able to commit for 3 years or more. Be willing to be mentored by these lead pastors. Many of us want money with no input or with no direction. You need their wisdom and direction. Contact your state organizations and foundations like CMA. They are willing to match what you are able to raise.
- Ask for One-Time Gifts, monthly supporters, 3 year commitments for special needs
- Have a Special Offering at the beginning of the ministry year in order to have youth or children’s or worship pastors. Have your people match what other’s do.
- Have a year-end giving letter that goes out to your people, donors, etc. Follow up with phone calls within 2 weeks. Your people are willing to give special gifts at year end. It’s not that we don’t preach stewardship and tithing, but we ask big in certain times of the year.
- Finally, you must personally be one of the lead givers. Big Tither Personally. A giver over and above your tithe. Pray Pray Pray. Don’t be pretentious, be humble, know that God knows your needs even before you ask and God will provide.
- What your large Donors want from you:
- A clear strategy, a clear budget. Make sure you give a clear starting time, who asked you to plant, your call, what organizations believe in you and affirmed your call, your preparation, your budget for the first year.
- That you are willing to work and pursue this call at great personal risk.
- To see you are conservative in your budget. Conservative in your salary, conservative in all choices.
- That you are willing to risk it all for the sake of the Kingdom. Are you willing to work hard, knock on doors, make 25,000 phone calls, network everyday? Are you willing to share Christ with every contact you make?
- Monthly updates. This could be emails to donors, be specific, not “things are going well, God is blessing…” but how many are coming, how many commitments, how many baptisms, life changes.
- Once a year, bring your donors to your area and church for a one-day update on your campus, walk your school, host them and have people share about their life-change in Christ.
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