The data in this special report, come from a comprehensive study The Chronicle conducted to examine giving data by ZIP code and by income level in every city and town in the United States. It looks at total contributions, contributions by households, discretionaryRead more…
Who’s In Charge Here? Beginning Your Life Stewardship Journey
E.G. “Jay” Link’s latest book ‘Who’s In Charge Here? Beginning Your Life Stewardship Journey’ is now available. The pdf and Kindle versions of the book are posted on the Stewardship Ministries website www.stewardshipministries.org/resources/books/. The pdf and Kindle versions are freeRead more…
UK Giving 2012: An overview of charitable giving in the UK, 2011/12
The overall amount given to charity in the UK has fallen in 2012. Against a backdrop of tough economic times, evidence indicates that fewer people are giving. Many are giving less. The overall impact is that giving fell by 20%Read more…
The Money Revolution
The Money Revolution helps Christians apply Christian principles to handling their money. Whether we are comfortable, broke, or somewhere in between, we all have questions about money. The Money Revolution offers a distinctively Christian slant on issues such as: EthicalRead more…
The Giving Pledge Gains Momentum
The Giving Pledge (http://givingpledge.org/#enter), the effort launched in 2010 by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett to encourage the world’s mega-wealthy to devote at least half their wealth to philanthropy, saw a significant increase in signatories in 2012, as wellRead more…
Various articles in Spanish on the Biblical perspective on poverty, volunteering and economic imbalances
The following are articles on this website: La Biblia y los desequilibrios económicos El voluntariado cristiano Los jóvenes y el voluntariado social ¿Quiénes son los probres? Dios: Justicia para los pobres El Reino de Dios, la iglesia y los pobresRead more…
Journey of Generosity: Emergent to Generous Giving
This guide explains the journey from an emerging giving who gives primarily because of relationships, tax savings, public recognition, or a feeling of obligation to a giving champion. A giving champion is an individual who is experiencing the joy of givingRead more…
Giving Generously or Living Generously?
‘Living generously, not giving generously needs to be our goal’ says E.G. Jay Link. Identifying three characteristics of people who model generous living, he concludes ‘If we really want to achieve maximum Kingdom impact in our lives, may I suggestRead more…
The Generosity Spiral of Giving and Receiving
This is a very interesting illustration of the growing interaction between giving and receiving – starting with giving to impose (values, ideas and beliefs) and receiving to manipulate through various phases to ultimate giving (giving of your life) and spiritualRead more…
Como Levantar Fondos Para un Proyecto Misionero and Tareas Principales en la Movilización Misionera
COMIBAM, the Ibero-American mission network has 2 excellent articles dealing with financial resource mobilization for mission on their website: Como Levantar Fondos Para un Proyecto Misionero – www.comibam.org/como-levantar-fondos-para-un-proyecto-misionero/ Tareas Principales en la Movilización Misionera – www.comibam.org/tareas-principales-en-la-movilizacion-misionera-2/