Planned Giving Made Easy-Peasy, Lemon-Squeezy
Resources to help your congregation unlock the complications of planned giving. Easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy!
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Resources to help your congregation unlock the complications of planned giving. Easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy!
Enjoy the book's candour and insights into the life of a humble servant of God. It’s a sterling testimony to the riches of living and preaching the Gospel of Christ in today’s world.
Whether you're a pastor yourself or want to support the pastors in your life, here are some ideas for alleviating pastoral burnout.
Vibrant Congregations works with churches to step through the doorway to their God-given, hope-filled future.
The Abraham Kuyper Christian Leadership Fund has been established to advance the Reformed life view as taught and lived by Abraham Kuyper.
The size of a ministry dream gets cut down at the knees when there’s a one-size-fits-all approach to gift giving.
Every financial guru promotes strategies to skip the cycle of living paycheck to paycheck. So, why do churches get to ignore this?
How do you deal with sabotage as your congregation looks to make its God-given difference?
Thanks to the generosity of God’s people, Barnabas Foundation recorded an unprecedented volume of giving in 2021!
Throughout my four-plus decades in vocational ministry, I have wrestled with three persistent temptations. Perhaps you can relate.
As the agenda for Synod 2022 grows, don’t forget that the discernment and decision-making of your local church is just as important.
With significant decisions taking place on issues like the Human Sexuality Report and the Canada/US relationship, are your chief decision-makers listening well enough to God and others?
This book may have the reader saying, “Duh!” at times, but it does provide practical application to our work in helping pastors survive, as well as thrive.
Dr. Phil is famous for asking the question: “How’s that working for you?” It's a great question, one that is helpful in many discipleship settings.
Learn more about how best to discern, avert or facilitate a pastor’s release from call.
The reality is: a life aimed at amassing wealth for the singular purpose of self-gratification is anything but good.
Grants of up to $3500 USD (and CAD equivalent) are now available to give pastors a much-needed respite. Apply today!
Worship planning folks share how they are preparing for worship challenges in these challenging times.
More pastors than ever are requesting leaves of absence as they navigate trauma, loss and mental health challenges. How can your council prepare?
More pastors than ever are requesting leaves of absence as they navigate trauma, loss and mental health challenges. How can your council prepare?
The truth is, our faith can be unappealing and strange.
When was the last time your congregation went on sabbatical?
We've been so busy defending our faith—holding onto our “right answers” firmly—that we’ve lost some of the freedom that Jesus came to bring.
Impulse buying has been a thing since, well. . . since people could buy things.
How does a church grow younger? It starts with knowing how old you are.