Church Capital Campaign Timeline
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6 to 10 weeks or more
Pre-Campaign Planning & Preparations
- Congregational readiness planning
- Establish goals and design campaign
- Develop calendars and timelines
- Recruit campaign leadership
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6 to 10 weeks
Organizing Teams and Gearing Up
- Enlist volunteers
- Determine campaign theme and produce print and multi-media materials
- Train pastor and volunteer leaders
- Select stewardship teaching materials to fit the campaign, church goals and culture
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4 to 6 weeks or more
Stewarding Leadership Gifts and Preparing for Launch
- Conduct one-on-one Campaign Briefings and small-group Leadership Challenge Meetings to encourage those who have been blessed with an extra-ordinarily ability to give to do so at a high level.
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4 to 6 weeks
Launch and Complete Campaign Successfully
- Launch campaign with major kick-off event
- 24-hour prayer vigil to bathe campaign in prayer
- Maintain exposure through multi-channel communications
- Church-wide stewardship training series presented via weekly sermons, small group curricula, and Sunday School class teaching
- Commitment service(s)
- Celebration Sunday
- First Fruit Offering
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1 to 3 years
Finish Strong
- Celebration Sunday
- Pledge collections
- New member communications
- Milestone events and special offerings