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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.
Leading Out of and Beyond COVID is a panel discussion aimed at helping pastors and councils lead their congregations out of the pandemic.
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.
Wherever you are in your church's life, Vibrant Congregations can assist you in discerning your path in ministry and mission.
For eleven years, Dave Bast’s voice has comforted and encouraged listeners with biblical insights and thoughtful reflections on Groundwork.
A conversation about wise ways to make disciples with some of the leadership team of City Church in Compton, California.
Our churches have treasured traditions. How do we take those traditions into the 21st century?
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.
How a crowd of bovine buddies helped to break up my bloated balloon of gaseous stress, and how it might help you too.
Congregations long for February 2020, but a recent Gallup poll (U.S.) shows 2020 as the end of a significant 20-year decline in church membership. To go back is to go the way of decrease.
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.
In this post, we go deeper into helping congregations create a "Life Together" picture.
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.
What does life together look like in your congregation? Can members describe it? Creating a "Life Together" picture is one way to help them know.
“It’s not about how much should we give, but how much should we keep.”
Here are three podcasts that strengthen our ministry and carry the extraordinary diversity of God’s masterpiece.
Several resources on how to preach on the topic of domestic violence, things to keep in mind, and samples of sermons from Sojourners 100 sermons.
Giving Well is the pastor's source for stewardship tips, resources, and inspiration. The March 2021 Issue is now available!
I wince every time I read a list of high-risk places to avoid during the pandemic. “Places of worship” is usually near the top of the list. Ouch! The story usually goes on. . .
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.
How does your church help the pastor(s) cover their Self Employment (SECA) taxes? Should there be a universal policy for this among CRCs in the US?
Taking fresh steps in ministry and mission can be hard. We have to be rooted in being wanted, loved and adopted by God.
Are you in a leadership role at your church? What is something you have found challenging about leading at this time?