We want you to know how pleased we are with your company’s support and leadership on our Debt Elimination Capital Campaign, “Debt Free, to Be.”
During the selection process for a consulting partner, it became obvious to our committee that the James D Klote & Associates methodology was the best for our church. The key aspects of your approach were:
Prayer-based campaign
An every member visitation plan
An intentional focus to be all in, and to step up from where our members have been before
A full time consultant on staff, during the campaign roll out
Your experience in producing these kind of results with organizations like ours
This campaign, although not yet completed, has proven to be more successful than other campaigns we have conducted in the past. Our results have shown a significant increase in giving patterns by our members of 3.5 times their contributions to our last campaign. We are confident that we will achieve our campaign need of raising $7 million by the time we have our celebration event in September.Your consultant has been a pleasure to work with. He was a perfect fit for our church and membership. He is extremely detail-oriented and organized. He has truly become a part of our church and has developed many close personal relationships. He is a key part of our success and has exceeded all of our expectations. He is a true blessing.
Co-Chairs
Our Saviour's Lutheran
Naperville, Illinois
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.
