The Grant Writing Resource For Your Church

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One of the greatest setbacks to your ministry is a general lack of funds needed to propel you forward so you can accomplish the dreams and visions that God has placed in your heart. Funding is out there, but how do you get it? This book will show you how! Young churches and well established churches can benefit from this resource, as it is designed to increase avenues of income in your church.

Included in this book are step-by-step instructions with samples that teach you how to put together a competitive grant proposal. But we did not stop there! We have also included detailed information on hundreds and hundreds of foundations, as well as corporate and individual grant making sources so you can put the information to work right away.

The old fashioned methods of holding Sunday and Wednesday services are not going to make any impact or worldwide significance. Churches are going to have to increase their resources in order to broaden their capabilities for effectiveness with nonbelievers. Pastors and church leaders need to become more trust worthy with the resources God places in their hands. More leaders need to be raised up who can rightly handle large amounts of wealth. Indeed, this has already begun to take place. Since 1992, churches have begun to enter into new territories by exploring the possibilities of getting the funding they need from unlikely sources, and by reaching out into their communities and ministering to people on a daily basis.

Many churches and ministries across America can now compete equally with many other secular nonprofit organizations and government agencies. Statistically, churches have proven to be better caretakers of societal ills than government agencies. The reason being is that an overwhelming majority of the problems that plague today's society are strictly tied to a decline in morality. Moreover, the further society runs from an absolute set of standards, such as the 10 commandments, the greater its problems become. Year after year, government program after government program has failed to make any impact whatsoever, except for an increase in the national debt, because they fail to reach society from a moral point of view.

Every year billions of dollars are awarded in grants to organizations that are trying to make a significant impact in the world. As one of the first acts of his presidency, President Bush established the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. At the same time, he also created centers for the initiative in five federal agencies: the Departments of Justice, Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and Education. The White House Office and the agency centers were charged with ensuring that local faith-based and community groups have a fair chance to compete for federal dollars without facing barriers.