Stewardship
Webinars, Podcasts, Opportunities
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Stewardship 2024 with 3 FREE Themes, a PRC webinar, 5/2024
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Managing Investments and Endowments for Churches, a free webinar from PRC on Apr 18, 2024 01:00 PM
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Encouraging Year-end Giving, a PRC webinar, fall 2022
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The House Next Door: Gateway Presbyterian Church, a video from the Presbyterian Foundation
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Increasing Joy, Increasing Generosity in Your Congregation, a PRC webinar, fall 2022
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What’s Next For the Offering Plate, a PRC webinar
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Best Practices for Church Accounting, 6/2022 PRC webinar
Articles, Resource Pages
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2025 Decision Guide for Minister Benefits, a helpful tool to assist congregations and ministers with calculating dues for next year for the Covenant Package, Congregational Pastors Package, and Transitional Pastor’s Participation
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Understanding Giving Trends – and How Your Congregation Can Benefit, 6/2024 Convergence article
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Stewardship Navigator Portal, the Presbyterian Foundation’s online giving tool, the site’s overall goal is to help church leaders create and sustain strong stewardship efforts via a simple-to-use website
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Five Strategies to Ignite A Culture of Generosity, a ShareChurch article
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Surprise: Millennials and Gen Z are Poised to Become the Church’s Best Givers, 7/2023 Carey Nieuwhof article
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5 Money Shifts Every Church Should Make, a 3/2023 Church Juice article
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4 Things about the Generational Report from Giving USA, a 3/2023 article
from Cesie Delve Scheuermann of Inspiring Generosity
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44% of U.S. Adults Are Digital Donors—Here’s What Defines Them, 2/2023 Barna research article
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When the secular becomes sacred, 9/2022 article
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Horizons Stewardship – Helping Churches and Faith-Based Nonprofits Grow Disciples and Fund Ministry
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Five steps to a successful capital campaign, 5/2022 article
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What if stewardship was a reason instead of a season? 9/2021 article
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Putting the Fun Back Into Fundraising: Ideas to inspire and encourage giving, 9/2021 PC(USA) article
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Introducing your community to stewardship, 3/2021 PCUSA article
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RootedGood, Mycelium Network, a membership network of creative and dynamic leaders seeking to do more good in the world $99 yr
Sharing Church Spaces
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How to Rent Well: This resource from the PC(USA) offers practical advice on renting church property effectively and ethically
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The Good Futures Accelerator is designed to empower congregations to align money and mission by exploring how to creatively use their church buildings and property to further their mission, build financial resilience and transform their community
Studies & Resources
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We Aren’t Broke: Uncovering Hidden Resources for Mission and Ministry by Mark Elsdon, 2021
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Stewardship Navigator, a free stewardship resource from the Presbyterian Foundation
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Threads of Connection Activity from the Presbyterian Giving Catalog, 2023
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Saving Grace: A Guide to Financial Well-Being provides the text and tools you need to address the topics of saving, earning, giving, spending, and debt, along with helpful strategies for achieving a sustainable financial life. Abingdon Press, 2020
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Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate by J. Clif Christopher $
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Whose Offering Plate Is It? by J. Clif Christopher $
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Giving to God: The Bible’s Good News about Living a Generous Life, by Mark Allan Powell, 2006, $15
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We Aren’t Broke: Uncovering Hidden Resources for Mission and Ministry by Mark Elsdon, 2021
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Bible Study on Stewardship (The Church of Scotland, 10 lessons)
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Simple and Free: 7 Experiments Against Excess, Jen Hatmaker
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Simple and Free: 7 Experiments Against Excess, Jen Hatmaker