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Stewardship

Webinars, Podcasts, Opportunities

Articles, Resource Pages

Sharing Church Spaces

Studies & Resources

Webinars, Podcasts, Opportunities

The Financial Sustainability Crisis: Five Practical Ways to Overcome Persistent Ministry Funding Challenges from Horizons and The Unstuck Group

Stewardship 2024 with 3 FREE Themes, a PRC webinar, 5/2024

Managing Investments and Endowments for Churches, a free webinar from PRC on Apr 18, 2024 01:00 PM

Three Presbyterian entities offer an informational webinar on balancing church assets and liabilities, 6/2023 on demand:

Encouraging Year-end Giving, a PRC webinar, fall 2022:

The House Next Door: Gateway Presbyterian Church, a video from the Presbyterian Foundation

Increasing Joy, Increasing Generosity in Your Congregation, a PRC webinar, fall 2022

What’s Next For the Offering Plate, a PRC webinar

Best Practices for Church Accounting, 6/2022 PRC webinar

Mark Elsdon Podcasts on church finances

Narrative Budgets: You can do this!

Should You Do a “Second Annual” Pledge Drive?

Encouraging Year End Giving

Articles, Resource Pages

Special offerings resources from the PC(USA)

Trends in Giving - What Every Church Leader Needs to Know, 7/2025 article from Horizons Stewardship

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

Stewardship and Finance resources from PRC

Understanding Giving Trends – and How Your Congregation Can Benefit, 6/2024 Convergence article

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

Five Strategies to Ignite A Culture of Generosity, a ShareChurch article

Suffocating debt relieved by churches organizing debt buy-back through RIP Medical Debt, 6/2023 article

Surprise: Millennials and Gen Z are Poised to Become the Church’s Best Givers, 7/2023 Carey Nieuwhof article

Finish Strong 2022

IRA Rollover Handout 2020

2020 Year End Flyer

January pledge letter

January pledge letter for those 70.5 years+

4 Things about the Generational Report from Giving USA (buy the book)

A 3/2023 article from Cesie Delve Scheuermann of Inspiring Generosity

Highlighting some key points

44% of U.S. Adults Are Digital Donors—Here’s What Defines Them, 2/2023 Barna research article

When the secular becomes sacred, 9/2022 article

Horizons Stewardship

Helping Churches and Faith-Based Nonprofits Grow Disciples and Fund Ministry

2022 Stewardship Giving and Worship Report

The Church Fundraising Toolkit and other free resources from Tithe.ly

Five steps to a successful capital campaign, 5/2022 article

Putting the Fun Back Into Fundraising: Ideas to inspire and encourage giving, 9/2021 PC(USA) article

Introducing your community to stewardship, 3/2021 PCUSA article

Articles on Stewardship from the Lewis Center for Church Leadership

RootedGood, The Oikos Accelerator: Helping Congregations Use Their Property To Further Their Ministry, Paid

RootedGood, Mycelium Network, a membership network of creative and dynamic leaders seeking to do more good in the world $99 yr

The Presbyterian Foundation has tools to help congregations state their values through their budget, 6/2021 article

The Generosity Project (ELCA)

PRC Stewardship & Finance page

PC(USA) 2023-24 Giving Catalog

Sharing Church Spaces

“The Financial Sustainability Crisis,” Horizons and The Unstuck Group joined forces to create a free guide to help you discover practical strategies to: Effectively budget and manage your financial resources, Connect your giving to your discipleship journey, and Identify ways to ensure your ministry plan is fully funded.

Next Gen Donors Are Revolutionizing Giving—Is Your Church Ready? 9/2025 article from the UMC

How to Rent Well: This resource from the PC(USA) offers practical advice on renting church property effectively and ethically

What About Taxes?!!!: A comprehensive guide from the PC(USA) addressing tax-related questions for churches generating revenue

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

God's Gift of Generosity: Gratitude beyond Stewardship by Karl B. Travis, an intriguing and in-depth study in generosity and how to bring a congregation along on the journey, read an excerpt

We Aren’t Broke: Uncovering Hidden Resources for Mission and Ministry by Mark Elsdon, 2021

Faith Foundation Northwest supports the long-term financial health of faith communities

Brochure for year-end giving

Planning Center Giving Software, Paid

4 Church Financial Leadership grants available

A Review of 2023 Stewardship Materials from PRC

Stewardship Navigator, a free stewardship resource from the Presbyterian Foundation

Threads of Connection Activity from the Presbyterian Giving Catalog, 2023

Digital, printable stewardship resources from SALT

Money, Faith and You online study group from Faith and Money Network, $99

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

Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate by J. Clif Christopher, Paid

Whose Offering Plate Is It? By J. Clif Christopher, Paid

Giving to God: The Bible’s Good News about Living a Generous Life, by Mark Allan Powell, 2006, $15

We Aren’t Broke: Uncovering Hidden Resources for Mission and Ministry by Mark Elsdon, 2021

Bible Study on Stewardship (The Church of Scotland, 10 lessons)

Simple and Free: 7 Experiments Against Excess, Jen Hatmaker (also has a study guide and a guided journal

Cokesbury studies on Stewardship

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