Every faculty you have, your power of thinking or of moving your limbs from moment to moment, is given you by God. If you devoted every moment of your whole life exclusively to His service, you could notRead more…
4 Creative Ways to Teach Stewardship This Fall
You’ve tried sermons. Sermon series. Special offerings. The “ask.” Finance committees. Stewardship campaigns. And none of it seems effective at truly making biblical stewardship part of your church’s culture. Talk about frustrating! Here’s the thing, though: Stewardship—understanding that God ownsRead more…
Encouraging Faithful Financial Administration Among All Nations
Stemming from the International Accountability Summit that was held on April 13-14, ECFA has launched the first-ever Global Network website. Our goal is to provide a place for leaders around the world to obtain resources from ECFA and each other toRead more…
A thousand torments of a giver
What is the best way to provide care to a stranger? Anna Chistyakova explores available options and possibilities to help a homeless person and finds herself overwhelmed, yet is not convinced what she should be doing as a giver. Almost every day on my way to workRead more…
Unshakable Generosity – a 6 Week Curriculum for your Church
We found something recently that got us pretty excited. The Unshakables is a 13-week curriculum developed by Michael Chapman. From years on staff in the media, communications, creative, worship, and arts departments at churches large and small in the States andRead more…
DOING GOOD BETTER: THE INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL OF EFFECTIVE ALTRUISM
Imagine that you are walking down the street, and a friendly, attractive young woman with a clipboard, wearing a T-Shirt that says Dazzling Cosmetics, asks for a moment of your time. She represents a beauty products company looking forRead more…
The stewardship of influence
When I was a child, an adult said to me, “You are a born leader.” I didn’t know exactly what that meant, but I liked the idea. I knew I liked being in front and being in charge. I wasRead more…
Giving Away the Weekend Offering
Note: This article was written by Pastor Keith Speaks of Hales Corners, Wisconsin. It was written at the request of GenerousChurch after Hales Corners Lutheran Church gave away an entire weekend’s offering as they integrated generosity as a keyRead more…
Young, Smart and Want to Save Lives? Become a Banker, Says Philosopher
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Investment banking doesn’t rank highly on most people’s lists of ethical career choices, but according to one of the world’s most famous living philosophers, becoming a hot shot in finance may be the best wayRead more…
PHILANTHROPY (VOLUME VIII, NUMBER 3 | SUMMER 2015)
Lapham’s Quarterly intends to show that that history is the root of all education, scientific and literary as well as political and economic. The Summer 2015 edition of the publication is devoted to philanthropy. Some of the materials are alsoRead more…