I want to let you know what a pleasure it has been to work with the consultant for the past half year or so. He was organized and easy to talk to and with. He became one of us and now that he has moved on, his presence is missed. His tenacity in keeping us on task was always friendly and easy to follow. He kept our database up to date and worked with me to make sure our progress toward our goal was accurate and that both of our numbers matched.
I highly recommend the consultant to organize and manage any Capital Campaign.
First Baptist Church
Terre Haute, Indiana
703-399-0518
info@jdklote.com 



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.
