The combined fortune of Africa’s 55 billionaires is $143.88 billion. The average net worth of the members of this exclusive club is $2.6 billion, while the median age of the richest people in Africa is 65 years. The oldest billionairesRead more…
Why Christians give? Understanding the hearts and minds of 21st century evangelical donors
’Why Christians give? Understanding the hearts and minds of 21st century evangelical donors’ is a report on giving trends, attitudes and motivations of present day evangelical donors in the UK. Some of the findings could be surprising for example that nineRead more…
Operation Timothy Discipleship Program
Operation Timothy is an investigative Bible study used by the men of Christian Businessmen’s Connection (CBMC) for more than 40 years to make disciples. Stewardship, generosity and giving are included in the discipleship material under the theme ’Life Perspectives’ (www.operationtimothy.com/lifeperspectives): Chapter 5:Read more…
Biblical stewardship and generosity training curruculum
Gary Hoag of Generosity Monk (www.generositymonk.com/Generosity_Monk/Home.html) is a popular stewardship and generosity speaker and teacher. He had been teaching on graduate level for ten years, on Masters level and doctoral level. The reviews were very good and he was asked toRead more…
Mobilizing for Good
This is the fascinating story of the corporate social responsibility engagement of Amway, a US company. Note the conclusion: ’And consider not only the impact of your corporate responsibility programs but also how you’re contributing to a stronger, healthier communityRead more…
9 God-honoring Principles of a Fundraising Ministry
In the Global Generosity Network we started talking about faciliating ’Kingdom-appropriate fund development’ as one of our key objectives and engagement areas. In the attached blog that appeared on the Christian Leadership Alliance website, Wesley Willmer give guidelines for suchRead more…
A dream of a global Christian culture of biblical stewardship, generous living, Kingdom-focused giving and Kingdom-appropriate fund mobilisation
An article that explains the vision of the Global Generosity Network
Stop buying big houses and give more to charity, Boris Johnson tells super-rich
Rich people in the UK should give more of their “colossal wealth” to charity and stop spending their cash on “the biggest possible house they can” according to the London mayor, Boris Johnson.
Bonuses that go to charity can boost job satisfaction, study says
Rather than award employees bonuses, either as individuals or in teams, employers who give money to their workers to spend on charities or on their colleagues get better results, researchers reported in the journal PLOS One (www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0075509).
Bonuses that go to charity can boost job satisfaction, study says
Rather than award employees bonuses, either as individuals or in teams, employers who give money to their workers to spend on charities or on their colleagues get better results, researchers reported in the journal PLOS One (www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0075509).