Walsh Wisdom

First Lutheran Church, Algona, Iowa Capital campaigns are about funding projects and also about restoring confidence, clarity, and momentum in a congregation’s shared mission. First Lutheran Church in Algona, Iowa offers a strong example of how thoughtful discernment...

Generational Giving Trends & Practical Reflections On How To Focus Your Energy When Facing Large Capital Needs Every congregation includes people at different life stages, each bringing unique motivations, capacities, and expectations to their giving. When church...

Complete The Strategy: A Roadmap For Implementing Every Key To Church Capital Campaign Success A well-executed campaign allows a church to expand ministries, improve facilities, and create lasting impact. Yet, while many campaigns achieve moderate success, very few...

  Why a Church Capital Campaign Feasibility Study Is Essential Before You Launch When churches begin dreaming about new facilities, expanded ministry investment, or tackling debt reduction, the sense of urgency is often very real. Growth is happening. Ministry...

A Church Capital Campaign Video - Casting Vision, Inviting Participation, & Helping Understanding   When a church launches a capital campaign, it is doing far more than raising funds. It is casting vision, inviting participation, and helping the congregation...

Catholic Schools: United in Faith & Community Catholic Schools, United in Faith and Community, is a powerful reminder of how Catholic education strengthens faith, fosters learning, and builds lasting relationships within a parish and beyond. Catholic Schools Week...

Bridging the Divide: Why a Unified Campus Capital Campaign Matters   A well-planned capital campaign builds more than facilities. It strengthens relationships, renews trust, and unites a community around one campus, one vision, and a shared hope for the future....

How St. Elizabeth Ann Seton United Their Church & School Through Their Capital Campaign At St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church & Seton Catholic School in Lexington, Kentucky, parish leadership faced a challenge familiar to many Catholic communities:...

Why You Need a Clear, Well-Designed Church Capital Campaign Brochure When a church steps into a capital campaign, communication becomes one of the most important parts of the entire process. A campaign succeeds not just because of the need, but because the...

Why Church Expansion Deserves A Capital Campaign When a church reaches capacity or senses the call to grow, it’s time to explore expansion. But expanding facilities requires more than vision. It requires resources and, most importantly, it requires your congregation’s...

  When Your Church Considers a Capital Campaign, Stewardship Calls Us to Aim Higher   “For to everyone who has, more will be given, and he will have abundance; but from him who does not have, even what he has will be taken away… Cast the unprofitable servant...

Royal Redeemer Lutheran Church & School "There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all." Ephesians 4:4-6 At Walsh...

Why A Church Building Campaign Is Vital Churches grow, ministries evolve, and needs change. Whether it’s a new worship space, school, community outreach center, or multi-use fellowship hall, most congregations eventually face the need to construct a new building on...

  Giving Thanks for Our Church Partners As we approach Thanksgiving, a season dedicated to gratitude and reflection, we want to take a moment to express our sincere thanks to all the churches we have had the honor to serve and partner with throughout the years....