Nearly every day, I come across a billionaire I’ve never heard of who’s engaged in serious philanthropy. But for every one of these donors, there are a couple other billionaires whose giving is paltry, or even non-existent. Just yesterday, we wrote aboutRead more…
John Piper on David Yonggi Cho’s Embezzlement Scandal: How to Guard Your Heart from Temptation
In a recent interview about South Korean mega-church pastor David Yonggi Cho’s sentence for embezzlement, retired pastor John Piper plead with the shepherds of God’s people to guard themselves from the snare of riches. 78 year-old David Yonggi Cho was sentencedRead more…
How Does Foreign Aid Work?
Does foreign aid work? Or, as some argue, does it do more harm than good? What about giving to ministries in poorer countries? There is a lot of debate about the issue of dependency. This ”visual explainer” engages with several prominent mythsRead more…
2014 BNP PariBas Individual Philanthropy Index
How committed to individual giving are the wealthy from Europe, the United States, Asia and the Middle East? What are their common characteristics? Which causes are the most popular? In its second year, the “2014 BNP Paribas Individual Philanthropy Index”Read more…
Questions on Championing Generosity
Should church leaders publicly model their giving? Why are pastors so silent on the subject? Where can people find resources for teaching on stewardship? Generous Giving is committed to answering stewardship-related FAQs thoughtfully, and have arranged our answers according toRead more…
What it Means to be a Generosity Champion
When I was a kid, I played team sports…basketball, football, church league softball (no comments from the peanut gallery), soccer and more. And inevitably – regardless of the sport – I would be on the worst team in the league. Read more…
Future World Giving: Unlocking the potential of global philanthrop
The Future World Giving Report introduces the key concepts in, and context for, the Future World Giving project. Long term forecasts for economic growth and levels of individual wealth suggest that in the next two decades millions of people willRead more…
10 Perils of Prosperity
Sustained prosperity is new and sustained prosperity for masses of people is completely unprecedented. What is sustained prosperity? It’s three or more generations of people who do not need to focus on survival or live in economic depression, but who canRead more…
Christian Finance in 2010
An article from the Atlas of Global Christianity on global Christian income and giving.
Christian Finance in 2010
An article in the Atlas of Global Christianity focusing on Christian finances