Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. Here is a preview of this week’s Journal. What do you do when your well-meaning WMU ladies want to publicize the Lottie Moon Christmas by putting a poster on your pulpit? That was the dilemma a young pastor encountered right out of seminary....
We have been going through our email inboxes of questions when we received this. “We are at a difficult time at our church due to a major employer in our area laying off and cutting salaries. We’ve lost core families, and our financial base is much smaller.” That pastor’s thoughts...
The Stewardship Journal continues to help pastors and church leaders build a platform of stewardship. We are nearing the end of our second year and looking forward to continuing to provide you with the best stewardship advice with the Stewardship Journal. Here is a preview of this week’s Journal. “We are...
We love it when pastors reach out to us with questions. For one thing, your question is typically the question other pastors have. So, when Jeff Anderson, the Sr. Pastor of Calvary Hannibal, wrote us, we asked if we could use his question for this post. Jeff gladly agreed. Here...
Welcome back to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. We are grateful for your continued support. Here is a preview of this week’s Journal. Here is a question that was sent to our team. “If you were a member of the Stewardship Committee at your church, and a big part of...
Do you know how your members give to your church? Twenty years ago, that question would have been easy to answer as most churches provided few giving options beyond the Sunday morning offering plate. Things have changed dramatically, according to a new study done by the Barna Group. Barna recently...
Welcome back to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. We are grateful for your continued support. Here is a preview of this week’s Stewardship Journal. Do you know how your members give? That is the question our lead post, The Multiple Platforms of Giving, asks. The article is a summation of...
Welcome back to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. We are grateful for your continued support. Here is a preview of this week’s Stewardship Journal. 53% of Evangelicals don’t believe the Bible is literally true, according to a new survey released by Ligonier Ministries and Lifeway Research. Our lead post, In...
Few companies are as profitable as Apple. Most Apple products are met with immediate acceptance and quickly become best sellers producing millions of dollars in their first year. But this is not always the case, as reported in a recent Wall Street Journal article entitled “When Did We All Start...
Welcome back to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. Here is a preview of this week’s Stewardship Journal. Are you struggling to see online giving be accepted at your church? Our lead post, When It Comes to Giving, Patience Pays, gives great advice on how to address the changes in giving because...
