John Pearson reviews Mark Dillon’s book ’Giving and Getting in the Kingdom’. He reflects on amongst others Dillon’s description of George Mueller’s fundraising approach that avoided challenging God’s people toward their responsibility to allocate their resources, time, talent and treasureRead more…
Ministering to Donors
I am going to upset some people now. It’s not intentional but I think there is a good deal of misinformation that has been floating around for years about the idea of ministering to donors. I am not arguing withRead more…
Communicating and managing expectations in funding
It has always been interesting to me that in Matthew 28:18-20, Jesus never said when you get resources granted to you, go and make disciples of all nations but rather gave us a command in those verses saying “Then JesusRead more…
From A Wallet In The Purse of the Bride To Nickels For Beggars: The Divide That Binds Us
Serving in God’s kingdom requires the simple act of taking a walk with Him and doing what he shows you to do. Leadership is bringing others along on the journey to help with the task. Those on the journey whoRead more…
The Mutuality of Ministry – A response to Rob Martin
To facilitate a truly global conversation, we ask Christian leaders from around the world to respond to the Global Conversation’s lead articles. These points of view do not necessarily represent the Lausanne Movement. They are designed to stimulate discussion fromRead more…
Lausanne Standards
Guidelines for the relationships between donors and recipients
The Age of Global Giving
A guide to building effective partnerships between donors and funding recipients in the 21st Century.
Funding for Evangelism and Mission
A paper produced by an issue group on mission funding for the Lausanne consultation in October 2004
Issues with Strings in donated Mission Money
Let us imagine a Westerner having interest in supporting Gospel work amongst a certain ‘poor’ non-western people. In my experience (in work in Africa), if you go to such people as a ‘western missionary’, but do not give things toRead more…
Vulnerable Mission – a biblical approach
In doing ministry in rural Africa over an extended period (1988 to date), I have seen a lot of problems arising from the way the western missionary force carries out ministry using foreign money. I was prompted to go backRead more…