f you are like vast majority of believers, whenever you hear the word stewardship you immediately think money and giving. A quick word search on the internet will explain why. That is about the only way it is used withinRead more…
Four Part Bible Study on Stewardship
’Stewardship is recognizing and celebrating how we use the material and personal resources with which we have been blessed to build the kingdom of God in our personal finances, in our work, and in our mission giving.’ The four partRead more…
Tipping Fast Food Workers $100
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Missions Africa Trust Fund Think-Tank and Africa Mission Giving Survey
The Global Generosity Network and Lausanne Africa leaders decided to launch a virtual think-tank on mission giving in Africa and the Missions Africa Trust Fund. The MATF is envisaged as a platform to mobilise funds for mission from within Africa.Read more…
Connected to give: Community Circles
For American charitable donors who have participated in giving collectives, their involvement both reflects and reinforces the social connectedness that drives charitable giving. Giving circles attract greater numbers of women and people affiliated with minority groups, especially African American andRead more…
World Wealth Report 2014 and Asia Pacific Wealth Report 2014
The World Wealth Report is the benchmark for tracking High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs), their wealth, and the global and economic conditions that drive change in the wealth management industry. The 2014 report covers 71 countries in the market-sizing model,Read more…
The World’s Millionaire Stock Is on the Rise: The world’s “millionaire club” grew faster than most economies in 2013.
1.Altogether, there were 13.73 million millionaires in the world in 2013, compared to 11.97 million in 2012. 2.The number of millionaires worldwide rose by 14.7% between 2012 and 2013, about five times the estimated 2.9% rate of global economic growth.Read more…
Should you join a giving circle?
Joining or creating a Giving Circle enables you to socialise your giving by linking you with like-minded donors in order to choose and support causes of mutual interest. In last month’s philanthropy column the Giving Circle channel was introduced as one wayRead more…
Jesus, Money and Stuff
A Life of Stewardship in Light of Eternity “A disciple learns to remain generous by decisions to engage in hospitality, settle into a level of living, choose simplicity and refrain from debt.” Masterworks’ mission is to help our clients connectRead more…
Nine Reasons Rich People Don’t Give Away More Money
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…