Increased Offertory Campaigns

Meridian works closely with religious parishes and congregations to conduct increased offertory campaigns over a 10-to 12-week time period.  We will work directly with you to structure a campaign to maximize parishioner/congregant response and income potential.

The campaign is coordinated through a series of pulpit announcements and four personalized mailings with tailored materials.  Meridian will work with our mail-house to organize all mailings.  We recognize that church staff is already very busy; the average time spent on the campaign by your staff will be approximately one to four hours per week. 

Benefits of the Increased Offertory Campaigns include:

• Increasing the parish’s ordinary income by an average of 25%, allowing parish to meet current obligations and expand ministries to its community;
  
  
• Promoting the benefits of electronic giving for convenience to the donor and stability of income to the church;
  
  
• Encouraging less active families to recognize the importance of their financial gifts to the church; and
  
  
• Providing a comprehensive plan for continued development of increased offertory /giving initiatives beyond the campaign.