In his book The Advantage, Patrick Lencioni suggests that there are six critical questions that any organisation needs to answer. The Eido team has recently been thinking through our answers to these questions. Today Tyler unpacks for us our answer to “Why do we exist?”

Our question to Christian organisations is quite simple: What makes you effective in creating the change you hope to see?

The increasing availability and quantity of data are a double-edged sword. It can delude those of us with the privilege of leading and orchestrating research into thinking that the presence of data from those we seek to serve equates to the presence of those very people themselves.

Christian leaders find themselves challenged by five main groups of questions that both themselves, funders and supporters are increasingly asking. Whilst they are difficult questions, if they can answer them, these Christian leaders can be better released to turn their vision into impact.

As with many ideas like this, the transition from niche tool to popular usage has led to a loss of clarity on what the daily value of a theory of change is, and what actually makes theory of change serve organisational purposes.

Christian charities and Christian funds often tell us that their donors want to support specifically Christian causes. But is simply “being Christian” enough to attract donors?

As we look back on training, coaching, and helping over 100 different organisations through the model’s questions, here are five things we’ve noticed.

In this article we’ll discuss findings from the Fruitfulness Framework.

In this article we’ll discuss whether funding decisions should be interpreted as God’s will.

In this article we’ll outline five distinct impact strategy types that exist across the non-profit sector.

Whilst the financial figures are a testimony to Christian generosity, it shouldn’t be the only story we are telling. What we value about these funds is the ability to create meaningful change in society…

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Findings from our research with Stewardship and YourNeighbour.org

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The Social Justice communication gap of the UK Church Last year, a Barna report revealed…

At Eido, we want to understand spiritual impact. We care about faith-based groups transforming their beneficiaries’ personal and spiritual lives.

Let’s move past “Can we?”… This content was originally published by Eido’s James Waters for…