TWR and Faith Reliance

This booklet describes how TWR promotes global, generous living. Through this initiative Christians are motivated to become involved in the Great Commission, the joy and discipline of generous giving is taught as part of discipleship and leaders are trained inRead more…

Better Way Giving Series

An excellent series by Jay Link of Stewardship Ministries about New Testament teaching about giving. As Jay says ’a truly comprehensive theology of giving that, like everything else in the New Testament, is both liberating, grace filled and life-transforming –Read more…

2013 Congregational Economic Impact Study

This study examines the impact of the economic environment on a sample of U.S. congregations. This study includes responses from 3,103 U.S. congregations, of which nearly two-thirds are Mainline Protestant, a quarter are Evangelical Protestant, and the rest are other ChristianRead more…

10 Ways people are influenced to live generously

Another of Brian Kluth’s excellent charts. In this one he shows how among others family, Bible generosity devotionals, small groups, media and giving opportunities and requests encourage people to live generously.

The Generosity Journey

A great explanation about 7 milestones in learning to give to God and learning to receive from God. It should be used in every congregation in every part of the world!

7 Tips for Improving Donor Stewardship

Stewardship is the responsibility of taking care of something that belongs to someone else. Olsen gives a few tips and resources to improve the way organisations deal with donors. They include: treating donors well, have a written stewardship plan, followRead more…

2013 State of the Plate Research Report

According to the 2013 ‘State of the Plate’ report, 10 million Americans tithe $50+ billion annually. This report based on detailed national research in the USA on “tithers” examines where the tithers give, how much they give, how they give,Read more…

Giving Practices of Tithers May Surprise You

In this blog Pastor Brian Kluth of Maximum Generosity (www.kluth.org/index.htm) discusses the results of his 2013 State of the Plate research that focuses on tithers—the people who give 10 percent or more of their income to charitable causes. Some of the surprisesRead more…