This Bible study outline from Xenos Christian Fellowship in the US explores how to cultivate a godly manner of dealing with our money and material possessions. The Bible describes this as a habit of consistent, sacrificial financial giving to God’sRead more…
The Money Revolution: Applying Christian principles to handling your money.
This is a presentation outlining the five principles for Christian money management outlined in ‘The Money Revolution’, a brilliant booklet available from www.themoneyrevolution.net. On the website there are sermon notes, notes for small groups and much more. The principles are: EverythingRead more…
Lies and More Lies – Can Lying be Eliminated?
No one will completely stop lying in this lifetime. Every believer maturing in Christ, however, can minimize its occurrence significantly and, thus, bring greater honor to the Lord.
Individual Generosity Declaration
A declaration that individuals can sign as their commitment to a life-style of generosity
Movements are fostered by discipleship, not funding.
I am in the middle of a series of posts based on some recent discussions at the Church Planting Leadership Fellowship. These are part of my closing comments there, expanded a bit, a reflection on what we should learnRead more…
Assessing the Financial and Spiritual Health of Your Church
Church leaders have to analyze the spiritual and financial health of their church on a regular basis. This article suggests tools to use statistics and subjective data in such an analysis. One such tool is the Generosity Ladder. This eight-point ladderRead more…
Generosity Needs More than a Sermon: Ongoing Teaching is the Key to a Lifestyle Shift
Church leaders who focus on generous giving find that once-a-year pledges or capital campaigns don’t do enough to foster the lifestyle they want to see reproduced in their people. Without practical, focused tools to teach the principles and practices ofRead more…
“Is your mission’s vision bigger than your mission’s budget?
The powerpoint presentation of a webinar on an innovative way to mobilise resources for mission to unreached people groups. The presenters emphasise that: 1) we are “stewards” of God’s assets, 2) managers have a different role than owners and 3)Read more…
Genius of Generosity book information
Chip’s Ingram book ’The Genius of Generosity’ (www.generouschurch.com/genius) is a powerful tool to help small groups engage in purposeful generosity and help them make the connection between money and discipleship. It will help them see that Jesus talked a lot aboutRead more…
Life Stewardship – be imitators of God
Virgil Dugan challenges Christians to be imitators of God throug life stewardship in this excellent presentation. Some of the points he emphasises are: ► The Dynamic of God is Love… ► Love is Realized in Giving (truth, time, talents, treasure,Read more…