America’s biggest companies expect a third-straight year of modest increases in cash gifts to charities in 2013, according to a Chronicle survey (http://philanthropy.com/article/Big-Businesses-Expect-Modest/140341/) Donations grew by 2.7 percent in 2012, to $5.3-billion, for 106 companies that provided two years’ worthRead more…
A Dream of a Global Christian Culture of Biblical Stewardship, Generous Living and Kingdom Focused Giving
A few weeks ago I attended a seminar in the British Houses Parliament on changes needed to facilitate global sustainable economic development in the future. As often in these discussions, economic inequality was mentioned as one of the priority areasRead more…
What Would Good Friday Look Like Without Generosity?
Have you ever wondered what Good Friday look like without the generosity of Jesus? Read this blog and see how each historical and spiritual issue was riding on the generosity of Jesus …
L a Manera del Hombre vs La Manera de Dios
The Spanish translation of 30 Bible financial principles: man’s ways vs God’s way
Russian transcripts of Bishop Hannington and the Handful of Rice videos
The Bishop Hannington (http://generositymovement.org/2011/09/grace-of-giving-bishop-hannington/) and Handful of Rice (http://generositymovement.org/2011/09/a-handful-of-rice/) videos are being distributed and used across the world. The attached documents are the Russian translated scripts of the videos.
Seven Attributes of a Generous Church
Visit the website to download a seven-page white paper that outlines the seven common attributes of generous churches. These attributes include: The role of leadership in the generous church How vision and generosity are connected in a deeper way thanRead more…
Philanthropy in Europe – A rich past, a promising future
Philanthropy in Europe is rooted in a rich past and is moving towards a promising future. The diversity of philanthropic initiatives in Europe are explained through a few examples of European foundations. This dynamic philanthropy continues to have a majorRead more…
How To Create A Culture of Generosity
In this excellent blog Mike Zserdin argues that we make generosity too complicated. If we want to live in a generous culture, we must simply give. It starts with us giving a little more money consistently and inviting our friendsRead more…
Blessed to be a blessing
This is the Executive Summary of an exciting new initiative in South Africa that mobilises generosity and giving through voluntary service or the giving of time. Working closely with local churches, this model could be used in other contexts asRead more…
Generous Church Magazine May 2013 Issue
The May issue of a new magazine focusing on generosity and giving especially for churches. There are very interesting stories about Christian givers, events, ministries and much more.