Posts by Rob Martin:
How Do You Know When The Holy Spirit Is With You In Your Fundraising?
Posted on: 19 Aug 2020
Taste the fruit. My friend, Gary Hoag, says, “Inspect the fruit.” Good Idea, that. Who doesn’t flip an apple around before taking a bite? No one l know likes to sink their teeth into the squishy flesh of a rotten apple, especially when prepared for a crisp, clean, rewarding bite of heaven on a hot day. What if Adam had averted his gaze from the comely look of his wife and really examined the apple? He was, after all, the first scientist. It was his job to, “Go differentiate- and name stuff.” (Genesis 1:28, 2:15) If he had just tested […]
Learning From A Seasoned Grant Officer – Part II
Posted on: 29 Jun 2020
Learning From A Seasoned Grant Officer – Part I
Posted on: 22 Jun 2020
Granting To The Academic World
Posted on: 25 May 2020
What Can Drive A Grant Officer Nuts
Posted on: 11 May 2020
The Temptation To Shift Your Ministry Purpose
Posted on: 04 May 2020
The Communion Of Giving And Receiving
Posted on: 30 Mar 2020
It’s Not The Proposal That Raises Funds
Posted on: 16 Mar 2020
One Definition Of A Grant Proposal
Posted on: 09 Mar 2020
A Community of Giving and Receiving
Posted on: 17 Jan 2019
(The following is excerpted from Rob Martin’s upcoming book, When Money Goes on Mission: Fundraising and Giving in the 21st Century by Moody Publishers) When money “goes on mission,” it travels in the form of financial gifts, carried along in the pockets of those who spend it on the ordinary things of life and ministry so they can do the extraordinary things God has called them to do… In general, money passing from one person to another is a transaction, nothing more than an exchange of something of value for something of value in return. However, unlike everyday financial transactions, […]