Is It “Unspiritual” To Charge a Fee When You Speak?

photo © 2008 Horia Varlan | more info (via: Wylio) I’ve been conducting speaker training for two years now. Most of you who come to this site truly want to speak in the Christian world. You want to speak in churches, at camps, to youth groups. You want to make a difference for God. You [...]

Use Your Words: What Should I Charge for Speaking?

photo © 2008 Tyler | more info (via: Wylio) What are the going Christian speaker fees? What do Christian speakers charge? And how in the world do I ask for it? That’s the most common question I get from people–how do I figure out what to charge for speaking? What do other people charge? And [...]

Use Your Words: Multiple Income Streams from Speaking

Every Tuesday at noon EST I give a 30 minute BlogTalkRadio show on elements of a speaking ministry–and it’s totally free! Yesterday I talked about how to create multiple income streams from speaking. That sounds very high falutin’, but its meaning is quite simple: most of us just make speaking fees when we speak, but [...]

When an Engagement is Too Good to Be True

Back in 2004, I received an email from a couple who were organizing a big conference in the northeastern United States for young families. They were launching a new ministry, and had a vision for replicating these conferences in communities across North America. They were still in the infant stages of their dream, they said, [...]

Treating Speaking as a Business

Is what we do a business, or is it a ministry? It’s a constant struggle, isn’t it? It’s interesting how often Christians see these two things in dichotomy. We think that if it’s a ministry, it can’t make money and we can’t use it to feed our families. It has to be something that we [...]

Avoiding Early Burnout in Your Speaking Ministry

Thanks for all the wonderful responses to my post on how to set fees! I’m glad you found it helpful. I want to revisit a few other themes and pick up where we left off. First, if you’re wondering whether it’s right to set fees at all, read this post. Got that? Now I want [...]

Creating a Fee Schedule for your Speaking Ministry

Hello everybody! I’ve been looking at the search criteria that has landed people here, and it looks like people really want to know how much to charge when you speak. Now, we’re all quite aware of the adage that it’s never polite to talk about politics and money. Especially money. We rarely share with others [...]