Six months ago our steering committee made inquiries of and read through the promotional material from numerous companies dedicated to helping congregations with capital fund drives. We conducted face to face interviews with four firms and narrowed the choice between Klote and another high profile firm. The key difference between the two was the additional cost to having an associate on site for the entire campaign. At first our evaluation focused upon the additional cost until one member re-framed the conversation to center upon additional value.
We chose to invest in having an on-site partner. The benefits gained from choosing James D. Klote & Associates exceeded expectations. Our Klote partner helped us build a spiritual foundation and then provided necessary guidance to stay on schedule, maintain enthusiasm, gather a wide array of volunteers, and move steadily towards our campaign goal.
We recommend James D. Klote & Associates to any congregation where capital fund needs surface the question, “How can we ever achieve that amount?” We will call upon them when the next season for building renovation arrives.
Senior Pastor
St. Matthew's Lutheran Church
Charleston, South Carolina
703-399-0518 
info@jdklote.com 
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Carmel Lutheran Church kicked off its ‘Hearts Compelled To Share’ capital campaign in record style. As of January 25th just 73 families of the more than 900 in the church had already committed $3.75 million dollars. That total represents not only the best kickoff to a campaign at CLC, it also represents the best campaign in total even though only 8% of the congregation has pledged so far.
The previous best campaign was just four years ago when CLC collected a total of about $3 million in pledges from over 425 donors.
"Jim Klote, president of James D. Klote and Associates, a capital stewardship consulting firm based in Fall Church, VA, appears on the big screen during his "All Things New" presentation at this year's Annual Conference session. Klote and Associates will conduct free stewardship education workshops for churches in all 18 districts of the conference this fall.
Participants listen attentively during the church stewardship workshop at Wright's Chapel UMC.The Virginia Conference sponsored series of stewardship workshops in each district is winding down, with two more district gatherings remaining in November.
