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Made Free Ministries

Submitted by Rev. March on Mon, 12/22/2008 - 23:34

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Proposal: Community Services and Programs

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The Wilder Nonprofit Field Guide to Crafting Effective Mission & Vision Statements

 

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The Wilder Nonprofit Field Guide to Crafting Effective Mission & Vision StatementsThe Wilder Nonprofit Field Guide

by Emil Angelica
(AmherstH. Wilder Foundation, 2001)

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Summary:

This step-by-step guide assists leaders in understanding the importance and purpose of mission and vision statements. It walks leaders through a seven-step process to develop an effective mission statement (six-step process for the vision statement).

Why does FASTEN recommend this resource?

By following this structured approach to crafting these key organizational documents, leaders can be confident that their mission and vision statements truly reflect their core values, purpose, target audience, and underlying strategies. The book includes helpful worksheets that organizational leaders can use as they complete the step-by-step process.



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Maintaining a Positive Relationship Between Your Nonprofit and Your Church: Four recommendations for how to maintain good church-nonprofit relations once a new church-based nonprofit is up and running.
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Four Quick Tips for a Positive Church-Nonprofit Relationship: Church-nonprofit relationship management in a nutshell.
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Seven Key Questions for a Good Church-Nonprofit Relationship: This printable resource will get church-initiated nonprofits and their founding churches on the right track for effective ongoing communication.
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The Wilder Nonprofit Field Guide to Crafting Effective Mission & Vision Statements: This short manual will help your organization to develop or revise mission and vision statements that clarify your focus and bring direction to your work.
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Be Pure Before God and Israel:: This resource lays out the Jewish sacred texts and practical guidelines for developing, implementing, and maintaining a non-profit entity.
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Starting a Nonprofit at Your Church: This resource will help congregational leaders considering starting up nonprofit organizations through their faith-based facilities.
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The 12-Step Program: This brief primer provides a high-level overview of the basic steps for launching a community ministry.
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Congregational Resources Guide: Resources for Congregations: This Web site focuses on connecting leaders of congregations with the resources that will help them to “gain insight into problems and to encourage transformation in their communities of faith.”
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Christian Community Development Association (CCDA): CCDA is the leading network of Christians engaged in revitalizing their communities through the key principles of relocation, reconciliation, and redistribution.
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The Community Toolbox: With over 6,000 pages of practical information related to community development covering 250 different topics, this is probably the most comprehensive community development Web site available.
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Alban Institute: The Alban Institute is an ecumenical organization that provides resources for congregations in the form of consulting services, research, book publishing, and educational seminars.
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National Congress for Community Economic Development (NCCED): The NCCED serves and encourages Community Development Corporations through research, education, fund-raising and training.
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Evangelicals for Social Action: ESA is a leading evangelical association conducting practical research and advocacy on social justice issues. ESA sponsors the resource-rich web clearinghouse site, Word & Deed Network.
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Churches at Work: Churches at Work is a website database of churches across the country that are reaching out to help meet the human needs in their communities.
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Seven Key Questions for a Good Church-Nonprofit Relationship

        

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Seven Key Questions for a Good Church-Nonprofit Relationship

(Adapted from Starting a Nonprofit at Your Church by Joy Skjegstad,  The Alban Institute, 2002.  Used with permission.  Obtain this item.­)

As you begin planning for your church-based nonprofit organization, it’s important that you keep the lines of communication open between the nonprofit and the nonprofit’s founding congregation. This list of seven questions is designed as a printable resource to help the nonprofit’s board and staff in discussing and preparing effective channels of communication between the nonprofit and the church.

1.  What communication tools will you use to communicate with your congregation?

  • church bulletin
  • church newsletter
  • announcements from pulpit
  • church special events
  • sermons
  • nonprofit’s brochures or newsletters
  • new member class or packets
  • presentations to classes or small groups
  • nonprofit special events
  • church board meetings or committee meetings

2.  What is your schedule for communicating with the congregation about the nonprofit?

3.  Who are the key church staff members you need to stay in close communication with?

4.  What strategies will you use to communicate with them?

5.  Which key church lay leaders do you need to stay in close communication with?

6.  What strategies will you use to communicate with them?

7.  Are there any informal lay leaders of the church who should be “in the loop” regarding the nonprofit?

 

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Staying Focus

Submitted by OrlettaCaldwell on Thu, 01/08/2009 - 06:10

[img_assist|nid=10394|title=|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=100|height=75] I work with fledging faith-based nonprofits. One of the biggest problems that I encounter is ministries wanting to take on too many issues. They run from ministry to the next. It is frustrating because they work on one project and before I know it they are off to something else. One day they are working in an afterschool program and then its drug abuse prevention. However, they never solve or alleviate any issues. All of the projects are worthy of attention. On the other hand, not all of the projects can be solved by one ministry.

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Four Quick Tips for a Positive Church-Nonprofit Relationship

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Four Quick Tips for a Positive Church-Nonprofit Relationship

(Adapted from Starting a Nonprofit at Your Church by Joy Skjegstad, The Alban Institute, 2002.  Used with permission. Obtain this item. ­Note: You will be leaving the FASTEN Web site.­)

1. Communicate regularly and effectively with the congregation. Keep the congregation involved in the process so they will get involved and stay involved with the nonprofit in the future.

2. Negotiate communication “space” for the nonprofit. Use the pulpit, the bulletin, and the Sunday School classroom to educate people about the organization and opportunities for involvement.

3. Maintain positive relationships with key church staff. Involve church leaders as part of an ongoing collaborative effort between the church and the nonprofit.

4. Maintain positive relationships with lay leaders. Individuals with influence in the congregation can affect who gets involved and who stays involved with the nonprofit over time.

 
 

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eNews for Faith-Based Organizations from the IRFA

Update on Faith Based Organizations and the Stimulus Bill. Faith-based organizations (as well as secular nonprofits, of course) must always proceed with caution, open eyes, and legal savvy when considering whether to seek government funds.

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 Reuters (12 September, 2002) “New York Fed President Calls on CEOs to Cut Their ‘Excessive’ Pay,” The Boston Globe

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