Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! Giving to the Cooperative Program is experiencing record highs! That is what Baptist Press reported back in early February. That is, of course, good news. Yet, if we probe beneath those numbers we find some startling facts that might alter future CP reports. Our team leads...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! From time to time we like to produce a Journal that challenges us and makes us think. This edition is one of those times. The entire issue deals with the subject of whether churches can return to the way things were before Covid. You might not...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! Don’t miss our lead post! Our team had an idea to interview my friend, Dr. Willie McLaurin, about his new role as serving as the interim president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee. Dr. McLaurin shared some incredible insights into his personal walk and how...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! This Easter Let’s Change the Conversation About Money. That is the title of our lead post. For the past few issues of the Journal, we have been focusing on Easter offering planning. Some might question putting any focus on the offering as this is typically our...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! Few, if any, pastors think six weeks ahead about the Easter offering. Yet, that is exactly what we want you to do with this week’s edition of the Stewardship Journal. Let’s Make Your Easter Offering Special is our lead post and you could also say that...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! Did you watch the Super Bowl? I have met several people that stated they watched the game for the ads but not the teams playing. You probably know someone like that. In some years, the ads are more talked about than the game. This year the...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! Our lead article this week is one you will not only want to read now, but it has information that you’ll want to file away for future use. We have been quoting a lot from the recent Christianity Today article about preaching, 9 in 10...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! Pastor, we are here to help! In these stressful times, we want the Stewardship Journal to be a source of information, instruction, and inspiration. Pastor Richard “Richie” Rhea is one of our “older brother” MBC pastors and is always gracious to bring his pastoral experience to...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! One recent study found only 13% of evangelicals give anything close to a tithe.1. The same study discovered that the medium gift of an evangelical was $350 yearly. Giving experts are predicting a decline in giving as our major donor base is aging and younger generations...
Welcome to another Stewardship Journal! 88 percent of Evangelicals said they are happy with how often the church asks for tithes and donations. That dispels a myth that church members are unhappy when we talk about giving and money. Why then do so many pastors fear preaching on or asking for...
