There are four easy ways to support this work financially.
All donations go to the ministry of Helping Small Churches Thrive and are tax-deductible.
All donations through March 2024 will go to the EUROPE PROJECT
In March I’m speaking at a large conference in Germany that can pay our way there and back. So we reached out to see if there were smaller places that can’t afford to bring in a speaker.
The response? We’ll be spending over two weeks conducting nine Small Church Conferences throughout Switzerland, Germany and Austria in places that can’t even afford our expenses. This will cost about $8,000 above our expenses. If you can help us cover those costs, we’d appreciate it. All donations are tax-deductible.
In addition, if you’d like to know how to partner with us on a monthly basis with finances, prayer, or time and skills, use the Contact Form to set up a face-to-face meeting in person or on Zoom. We’d love to tell you our plans and how you or your church can work with us to help small churches in need.
HOW TO DO FIRST-TIME SET-UP
1. Find ZELLE in your banking app
2. Click SEND
3. Enter SPVaters@gmail.com (In some banking apps, we will show up as Convergence Ministries)
4. Enter the amount, and the One-time or Monthly option
5. Not signed up with Zelle, yet? Click the logo (above) to start the set-up
6. Stuck? Email Shelley Vaters, using the Contact Form
@Karl-Vaters
Click to make an individual gift or monthly support.
@KarlVaters
Click to make an individual gift or monthly support.
Patreon.com/KarlVaters
Click to support us on an ongoing basis for $10, $30, $50 or $100 a month.
Got any questions? Want to set up a face-to-face in person or on Zoom?
Fill out this form and we’ll get back to you ASAP.
Author
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Karl produces resources for Helping Small Churches Thrive at KarlVaters.com.
He's the author of four books on church leadership. His fifth book, De-Sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next, releases on April 2, 2024.
He also hosts a bi-weekly podcast,The Church Lobby: Conversations on Faith & Ministry. Episodes feature in-depth interviews about the topics that concern pastors, especially those who minister in a small church context.
Karl has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years, so he speaks and writes from decades of hands-on pastoral experience. He and his wife, Shelley have three children and two grandkids.