Support Raising Podcast

What does it look like to coach effectively across diverse populations and embrace flexibility in support raising approaches?

Host: Kathy Wilson

Guest: Jenn Fortner & Dave and Geri Fuehring

Stage Rewind: Take a look back with us on some of the impactful content from our workshop speakers at the 2026 Support Raising Leaders Conference! In this episode, we hear from coaching experts, Jenn Fortner and Dave and Geri Fuehring, about structures, systems, best practices and how to overcome challenges in diverse coaching situations in their panel, Adapting for Cross-Cultural Success.

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Excited about this workshop content? Check out our upcoming Support Raising Leaders Conference - SRLC'28

The habits we start with are the habits we stay with.

Guest: Sarah Strickland

Host: Callie Davis

Stage Rewind: Take a look back with us on some of the impactful content from our workshop speakers at the 2026 Support Raising Leaders Conference! New staff's first year will set the trajectory of their partnership development health, habits, and practices. Coaching Director at Youth Dynamics, Sarah walks us through the why and the what of coaching a staff person through their first year after becoming fully funded so that they are set up to succeed through the rest of their career from her workshop, First Year Habits for Success.

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Via's Support Raising Breakaway

Sarah Strickland's ministry - Youth Dynamics

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Excited about this workshop content? Check out our upcoming Support Raising Leaders Conference - SRLC'28

How can asking for referrals and increases be a relational part of our support raising journey?

Guest: Jenn Fortner

Host: Callie Davis

Stage Rewind: Take a look back with us on some of the impactful content from our workshop speakers at the 2026 Support Raising Leaders Conference! In this episode, Jenn Fortner shares what it looks like for support raisers to ask for referrals and increases in practical ways that remove barriers of anxiety and make way for a more sustainable ministry from her workshop, Referrals and Increases Minus the Scary.

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Jenn Fortner's Book! - Financial Partnership Development: Fundraising Made Relational

Excited about this workshop content? Check out our upcoming conference - SRLC'28

See how AI can speed up MPD while keeping partner connections genuine, not automated.

Guest: Frankie O'Rourke

Host: Callie Davis

Stage Rewind: Take a look back with us on some of the impactful content from our workshop speakers at the 2026 Support Raising Leaders Conference! In this episode, founder of Epistle, Frankie O'Rourke explores using AI as an administrative assistant, drafting communication with ministry partners, and using AI and ministry partner data safely from his workshop, AI and Support Raising.

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Epistle

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How do we share with our ministry partners the good, bad, and ugly ... or should we?

Guest: Ellis Goldstein

Host: Callie Davis

Stage Rewind: Take a look back with us on some of the impactful content from our workshop speakers at the 2026 Support Raising Leaders Conference! In this episode, Cru's Ellis Goldstein breaks down his workshop, Sharing the Good, Bad, and Ugly with Our Partners. He reveals how to strike the balance in your ministry updates so you can invite your team in effectively as the partners God has given you.

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Do you believe you are worth your partners' time and attention?

Guest: Ian Hsu

Host: Mark Wilson

Stage Rewind: Take a look back with us on some of the impactful content from our workshop speakers at the 2026 Support Raising Leaders Conference! In this episode, Prayvine founder and CEO Ian Hsu unpacks his workshop, Communicating with Partners: Research and Best Practices. He explores the value of healthy partner communication and the research behind fostering active, ongoing participation through prayer.

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Prayvine

SRLC'28

If you are feeling stuck, there's hope.

Guest: Kathy Wilson

Host: Callie Davis

Stage Rewind: Take a look back with us on some of the impactful content from our workshop speakers at the 2026 Support Raising Leaders Conference! In this episode, Kathy Wilson draws from her workshop, The Enemy Within: Getting Unstuck, to share a simple process for overcoming the limiting beliefs that often leave support raisers feeling stuck—or even paralyzed. Coaches will learn what to look for, and support raisers will find renewed hope and progress.

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Via Generosity's Coaching Certification

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SRLC'28

"How do we move from our own insecurity of reaching out to seeing it as a great invitation?"

Guest: Tammy Doci

Host: Callie Davis

Stage Rewind: Take a look back with us on some of the impactful content from our workshop speakers at the 2026 Support Raising Leaders Conference! In this episode, Tammy Doci from Cru shares insights on guiding staff from "Why me?" to "Why not partner?" while addressing the lies that can hold them back based on her workshop, Coaching the Shift from Fear to Faith.

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Is it support raising or is it discipleship?

Guest: Tony Dentman

Host: Callie Davis

Stage Rewind: Take a look back with us on some of the impactful content from our workshop speakers at the 2026 Support Raising Leaders Conference! In this episode, Tony Dentman, founder of the Funding Tribe Foundation, shares his heart and vision that support raising is so much more than money from his workshop, Blessed to be a Blessing. This vision comes out of Tony's experience of it as he raised support from a low-income background, with an unsupportive community, and saw God doing something bigger in his own journey into ministry.

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The Funding Tribe Foundation

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"It's not just for diversity's sake, it's for the kingdom's sake."

Guest: Tony Dentman

Host: Mark Wilson

Mark and Tony discuss the unique challenges faced by minority leaders in fundraising, the importance of support from organizations, and the mindset shifts necessary for success. Tony shares his personal journey of empowering minority leaders and breaking financial barriers in the fundraising world.

The Support Raising Podcast, by Via, is excited to bring you the best leaders and practitioners in these three areas: spiritually healthy, vision-driven, and fully funded. Their insight will help you move forward in your partnership development.

Show Notes: The Funding Tribe