Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! How old is the newest building at your church? The answer for most churches is years. With this edition of the Stewardship Journal, we are launching a month-long series on building projects and how to fund them. In this edition, our team interviews Pastor Dennis Gard...
Up post. Three pastors were a part of this roundtable discussion about their thoughts on Pastor Rhea’s article as well as their perspectives on VBS. We started by asking, Do you think we should teach giving during VBS? Here are a few of the replies to this question pastors gave us. Greg...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! It’s time to get ready for Vacation Bible School! In our last edition of the Stewardship Journal, longtime MBC pastor, Richie Rhea, wrote a post entitled Should We Teach Giving During VBS? We follow up that article with another post about VBS in our Missouri Baptist...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! In this edition of the Stewardship Journal, longtime MBC pastor Richie Rhea writes a post entitled Should We Teach Giving During VBS? Richie raises some great points that I believe will be beneficial for all to consider. VBS has been one of the greatest outreach tools...
“Through the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering, Southern Baptists have given over $5 billion to international missions,” proclaims the International Mission Board’s website.1. Many churches saw their greatest response ever to the offering this past year, setting record dollar amounts. So, how can the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering be in trouble?...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! In this edition of the Stewardship Journal, we explore the current state of giving to the church by reviewing the recently released report by empty tomb, inc., entitled The State of Church Giving through 2019. Our lead post asks, Is the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering in...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! “Effective fund-raising churches refuse to treat all people as equals,” is a quote from George Barna that opens up our lead post entitled The Value of Segmenting Your Donors. The article sets the stage for this edition of the Stewardship Journal that focuses on how to...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! What is the value of a $50 check? In this Stewardship Journal, our focus is on the importance of recurring giving. As you will read, moving your members to set up their giving to be recurring is a huge key toward your summer being fully funded....
Recently a layperson in one of our Missouri Baptist churches emailed us the following: “I was just appointed chair of our Stewardship Committee and have been tasked with getting it up and going again after the pandemic. This is new territory for me. Any suggestions or resources would be appreciated.” Sadly, stewardship...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! Recently an MBC church layman emailed our team asking, “I was just appointed chair of our Stewardship Committee and have been tasked with getting it up and going again after the pandemic. This is new territory for me. Any suggestions or resources would be appreciated.” That...
