Every fall at Catholic Stewardship Consultants, many of our parish clients conduct their Annual Stewardship Renewals. We get asked a lot about the results.
So, we thought our followers would be interested in seeing some of these results as our parish clients experience them.
Listed below are just a few examples of the results our parish clients have experienced this year. These numbers are typical of the results most of our parishes see year-in and year-out:
Oklahoma parish with around 1000 households:
- 1800+ Prayer Commitments
- 1250+ Ministry Commitments
- 400+ NEW Ministry Commitments
- 58 Inactive Households Becoming Active
- $200,000+ Pledged Offertory Increase
- 49% Annual Giving Increase from Pledging Households
Georgia parish with around 500 households:
800+ Prayer Commitments- 850+ Ministry Commitments
- 140+ NEW Ministry Commitments
- 22 Inactive Households Becoming Active
- $94,000+ Pledged Offertory Increase
- 39% Annual Giving Increase from Pledging Households
Bilingual parish in Nebraska with around 1000 households:
- 1600+ Prayer Commitments
- 900+ Ministry Commitments
- 380+ NEW Ministry Commitments
- 65 Inactive Households Becoming Active
- $95,000+ Pledged Offertory Increase
- 43% Annual Giving Increase from Pledging Households
Oklahoma parish with around 600 households:
1000+ Prayer Commitments- 650+ Ministry Commitments
- 130+ NEW Ministry Commitments
- 23 Inactive Households Becoming Active
- $100,000+ Pledged Offertory Increase
- 47% Annual Giving Increase from Pledging Households
Nebraska parish with around 400 households:
- 1100+ Prayer Commitments
- 1150+ Ministry Commitments
- 100+ NEW Ministry Commitments
- 8 Inactive Households Becoming Active
- $50,000+ Pledged Offertory Increase
- 31% Annual Giving Increase from Pledging Households
Hawaii parish with around 1000 households:
1700+ Prayer Commitments- 800+ Ministry Commitments
- 179+ NEW Ministry Commitments
- 18 Inactive Households Becoming Active
- $120,000+ Pledged Offertory Increase
- 35% Annual Giving Increase from Pledging Households
Arkansas parish with around 1000 households:
- 1500+ Prayer Commitments
- 700+ Ministry Commitments
- 170+ NEW Ministry Commitments
- 18 Inactive Households Becoming Active
- $125,000+ Pledged Offertory Increase
- 37% Annual Giving Increase from Pledging Households
Nebraska parish with around 450 households:
1500+ Prayer Commitments- 1000+ Ministry Commitments
- 275+ NEW Ministry Commitments
- 39 Inactive Households Becoming Active
- $80,000+ Pledged Offertory Increase
- 18% Annual Giving Increase from Pledging Households
Illinois parish with around 500 households:
- 1500+ Prayer Commitments
- 1300+ Ministry Commitments
- 240+ NEW Ministry Commitments
- 14 Inactive Households Becoming Active
- $95,000+ Pledged Offertory Increase
- 25% Annual Giving Increase from Pledging Households
As we wrap up the 2018 Stewardship Renewals for our other clients from all over the country, we will continue to share the results with you — our blog followers — so you can see real-life examples of stewardship in action. These are real results that our client parishes are experiencing today. If you’re interested in similar results in your parish, and you want to develop stewardship as a way of life in a holistic and intentional way, we would love to work with you.
Feel free to contact the president of our organization, Eric McArdle, at 706-373-9576 or eric@catholicsteward.com, and he will be happy to share additional information about how CSC can help you achieve similar results, or answer any questions you may have.
