Author - Mark Brooks

From the Stewardship Journal Team

Is physical church attendance essential? We will be probing that question in this edition of the Stewardship Journal. Welcome to another edition of the SBC’s go-to guide for information, practical advice, and tips for building a culture of generosity based on Biblical principles. Here is a preview of this edition: Mark...


Using Your Campus and Platform Lanes to Increase Generosity

Do you have a campus strategy for stewardship? Do you use your platform effectively for stewardship? As I continue my series on the various lanes of stewardship needed to build and sustain a culture of generosity, I want to show you how these two lanes can work to achieve that...


How to Make Your Campus More Giving Friendly

How can you make your campus more giving-friendly? Let me share the following tips with you that I think can help you create an atmosphere on your campus that enhances giving. Before I get started, let me ask you this simple question. When I come onto your campus, am I reminded...


The Future of Giving is Hybrid

The following post can be found at: https://www.onlinegiving.org/blog. The Hybrid Church is here to stay, and we now know that the future of giving is hybrid. In the future, we can “expect that post-pandemic giving and fundraising will likely remain hybrid, as the adaptation of digital and hybrid giving models...


Saying Yes to the Easter Offering

I’m interrupting my series on the key lanes needed to build a culture of generosity by announcing we are five Sundays away from Easter! I have successfully used Easter as a means of increasing generosity with my playbook, Say Yes to Easter Giving: Making Plans for Your Best Easter Offering....


The Why Vision Worksheet

I produced a playbook called Say Yes to Easter Giving. You can find out how to get a copy at https://acts17generosity.com/store/. Here is my Vision Worksheet from the current edition. After deciding what the focus of your Resurrection Offering will be, use the following points as a guide for developing...


The Importance of Preaching on Stewardship

A study was done in the mid-'90s where only 32% of American church members reported that they had heard a sermon on the relationship between faith and personal finances in the previous year. If it was 32% in the '90s, what do you think that percentage is today? That study...