Author: Mark Brooks

From the Desk of Our Executive Director

We’re back! I pray you had a wonderful 4th of July. We took the week off, but we are back with another exciting issue of the Stewardship Journal. In this edition, we are focusing on budget planning. For many of our churches, now is the time they begin budget planning for the new year. Our […]

Making the Case for the Forgotten Sermon

The following is from The Forgotten Sermon: How to Preach Effectively on Giving. https://acts17generosity.com/shop/the-forgotten-sermon/ Why should you regularly preach on stewardship? Here are two major reasons why. The bottom line is that the more you preach on giving, the more you will raise. Don’t shy away from preaching on stewardship. The challenge is to do […]

How to Preach Effectively on Giving

How long has it been since you preached a stewardship series? I ask this question every year when I write about the necessity of stewardship education from the pulpit. Why is it that most pastors seldom, if ever, preach on stewardship? The answer is that it’s unpopular, and we fear we will turn people off […]

The Biggest Roadblock to Increasing Generosity

Often the biggest roadblock that I must overcome when working with a church to increase generosity is a pastor or the staff. They simply don’t see the need for all the fuss about giving and generosity. Most pastors never think of preaching about giving! That is until July rolls around, and there is no money […]

From the Desk of Our Executive Director

When was the last time you preached a series on stewardship? That is the question we are asking in this edition of the Stewardship Journal. Studies show that preachers seldom preach on stewardship, much less a series. Yet we will show you in this edition the benefits of preaching a series on giving and giving […]

How to Reverse the Decline in Giving

I wrote the following for OnlineGiving.org. You can read it and all my other writing at, https://www.onlinegiving.org/blog. Since 1968, Americans have given less of their disposable incomes to their church while their incomes have risen. Those are the findings from a recent report from empty tomb, inc., a group that tracks giving. Their most recent […]

The 2023 Coach’s Annual Review of “The State of Church Giving”

“The critical question before the church might well be stated: Do Christians want to accept the death of the institutional church in the U.S., or get to work?” That is a quote from the recently released report from empty tomb, inc.’s thirty-second edition of “The State of Church Giving through 2020.” What caused them to […]

News About the Stewardship Journal – We’re Expanding!

Relax this expansion won’t cost you anything. In fact, our expansion will lead to increased resources, more state conventions, and SBC involvement, all for free! We are committed to being the best stewardship resource in the SBC, and other states are taking notice. Our ultimate goal is to help churches build cultures of generosity built […]

From the Desk of Our Executive Director

We’re Expanding! That is the news from our lead post, News About the Stewardship Journal – We’re Expanding! You won’t see much difference in your weekly Stewardship Journal, at least for now. What is expanding is what we are offering you in terms of resources. Earlier this year, we gave you access to 500 offering […]