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Get the inside scoop on donor-advised funds and how they benefit your church in this video recording of Phil Leo of the Barnabas Foundation and Steve Chittenden, a Stewards Fund (Barnabas Foundation’s donor-advised fund) owner.
Generosity Today is a quarterly publication for your church, designed to inspire generosity and educate your congregation about smart and powerful ways they can support your church beyond the offering plate.
Help generous believers give more effectively to your local church ministry by distributing Generosity Today to your congregation.
Life with Jesus is the end of “coyote living” and the beginning of friendship with God. Loneliness is exchanged for relationship, emptiness for hopefulness, and searching for satisfaction.
Financial Shalom provides grants to help pastors get training, tools, and resources to strengthen the financial education of them and their churches.
Read the story of how Roger and Audrey Otten share the light in their community.
If you are motivated to do a financial health check-up but are unsure where to begin, this webinar recording is a great place to start.
What if it were easy to promote and receive more planned gifts for your church’s ministry? This discussion on "Funding Hacks to Pay for Ministry" can help.
“It’s not about how much should we give, but how much should we keep.”
Giving Well is the pastor's source for stewardship tips, resources, and inspiration. The March 2021 Issue is now available!
Check your sermon file on this passage; my guess is you’ve got at least a few. That’s because preachers have to wrestle with this hard saying of Jesus.
There are many commonly-held assumptions about members who leave a gift in their will to your church. This conversation debunks many of those myths!
Is there such a thing as too much giving? When it comes to generosity, is the sky always the limit?
'Giving Well' is the pastor's source for stewardship tips, resources and inspiration.
Joel has advice for anyone who wants to become a giver by being a saver, “Waste-not, want-not, and be a good steward,” says Joel. “God multiplies it all."
Who’s responsible for church vision? Listen in as Phil Leo and Jodi Koeman discuss the potential for broadly owned vision at your church.
Help generous believers give more effectively to your local church ministry by distributing Generosity Today to your congregation.
For Matt and Jen Viel, generous living isn’t done from a distance. Instead, they aim for front row seats.
When we long for more stuff, it's really pointing us to worship God. This sermon starter, based on Haggai 1, includes a sermon outline and summary.
Financial Shalom seeks to support current or potential bivocational pastors through a new program called the Bivocational Growth Fellowship. Learn more and apply!
Learn why Phil and Sheri Hall are quick to tell others about the Stewards Fund through Barnabas Foundation.
Financial Shalom offers opportunities and resources for your financial well-being as a pastor, including webinars and a funded Fellowship for bivocational pastors.
Watch as Phil Leo and Nathan Rauh-Bieri discuss the possibilities and potential pitfalls of bivocational ministry.
This sermon starter on Psalm 73 includes a sermon outline and summary.
Help generous believers give more effectively to your local church ministry by distributing Generosity Today to your congregation.
Worship is about what’s in your heart; but don’t forget about what’s in your hands.