Biblical stewardship, generous living, Kingdom focused giving and God-honoring fund mobilization should become a way of life in the evangelical community. The responses to the World Evangelical Alliance Stewardship Survey indicate that though stewardship, generosity and giving are seen asRead more…
Giving Pledge Signers Gave Big in 2013 but Not Much for Today’s Needs
More than 120 of the world’s billionaires have committed publicly to giving at least half their wealth to charity, including 19 on this year’s Philanthropy 50 list. But while the number of people who have signed the Giving Pledge, unveiledRead more…
5 Nonprofit Trends to Watch in 2014
Among other obvious things, December is a time for reflection on the past year and predictions for the coming year. There have already been some great forecasts about what 2014 will bring the social change sector (here, here, and here). And asRead more…
The Great Divide: Global income inequality and its cost
Income inequality is surging. Economists warn of the dire consequences of this trend. The Great Divide Report from GlobalPost tries to uncover the ‘ground truth’ of inequality through the lenses of education, race, immigration, health care, government, labor and naturalRead more…
The ‘Charitable-Industrial Complex’ and Charity Pay – A reflection
Two separate but related debates about charities/non-profits/non-governmental organisations (NGOs) burst into the open the past few weeks in the US and the UK. First it was Peter Buffett who talked about the ‘charitable-industrial complex’ maintaining and increasing economic inequality (seeRead more…
The Charitable-Industrial Complex
A debate about the role of non-profits was catalysed in the US when Peter Buffet who talked about the ‘charitable-industrial complex’ that maintains and increases economic inequality. As he says ’As more lives and communities are destroyed by the systemRead more…
The Deeper Problem
A Response to Scott Sabin’s ‘Whole Earth Evangelism’ While I don’t disagree with Scott Sabin’s thoughts, I am uncomfortable with “piling on more doom and gloom.” True, the average North American is disconnected from the environment, and that disconnect hasRead more…