From The Stewardship Journal Team
The average evangelical was giving away only 3.2% of household income to either church or charity, and 19% gave not a penny to either over the previous 12 months. 1 That is not the kind of news we like to share, but it is a wakeup call for pastors and church leaders. In this issue […]
From My Desk to Yours
The average evangelical was giving away only 3.2% of household income to either church or charity, and 19% gave not a penny to either over the previous 12 months. 1 That is not the kind of news we like to share, but it is a wakeup call for pastors and church leaders. In this issue […]
The Future of Giving: It Ain’t Good, Part 2
The average evangelical was giving away only 3.2% of household income to either church or charity, and 19% gave not a penny to either over the previous 12 months.1. Giving to the Church in America is in freefall, and I want to dive into why that is happening and what you can do about it. […]
An Interview with Ron Sellers
Last week, I interviewed Ron Sellers of Grey Matter Research, one of the authors of a new study on giving entitled The Giving Gap: Changes in Evangelical Generosity. The study was done by Infinity Concepts | Grey Matter Research. Due to the length of the interview, I broke it down into two parts. This week, […]
Effective Young Adult Ministry Depends on Small Groups
In this feature of the Stewardship Journal, we have focused on the decline in giving across all generations. In our interview with Ron Sellers, he mentioned how important small group engagement was. Scott McConnell, the executive director of Lifeway Research, graciously agreed to allowing our re-post of his recent article on how four churches engaged […]