by Dirk Rinker | Aug 20, 2025 | EDUCATION, FUNDRAISING, MEMBERSHIP
My friend Brad is going for his doctorate in ancient languages. To help establish his thesis, he asked the biggest AI engine to conduct a search on the topic. Regrettably, the AI found that another researcher had already written on his theory. The AI detailed chapter...
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by Dirk Rinker | Jul 22, 2024 | MEMBERSHIP
The results of the American Belief Study from ACS Technologies revealed that first-time visitors to a church or parish said a warm and friendly environment was highly important to them. While this is a great insight, the authors didn’t design the study to discover...
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by Dirk Rinker | May 21, 2018 | FUNDRAISING, GENERATIONS, METHODS
Millennial ministry donors are more likely than their elders to pay attention to just about every channel of communication from a ministry. Ministry donors pay the most attention to messages they hear in church — three times the attention they say they give to...
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by Dirk Rinker | May 18, 2018 | FUNDRAISING, GENERATIONS, METHODS
The highest share of donors agree that one message a month is a good level of contact from a ministry. But 47% of Millennials say it’s OK to hear from ministries monthly or even more frequently, compared to just 35% of older donors. About a third of donors,...
by danwoolley | May 15, 2018 | FUNDRAISING, GENERATIONS
Donors of all generations are apt to feel hopeful after giving to a ministry for the first time. Millennials, however, are significantly more likely to feel this emotion and many other positive emotions as well, compared to GenX, Boomer and Silent generation...
