From the Desk of Our Executive Director

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...


From the Desk of Our Executive Director

Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. Hello from NOLA! That’s New Orleans, Louisiana, the site of the annual Southern Baptist Convention. This will be a significant Convention for me as it will be my first in many years NOT serving as Recording Secretary of the SBC. I always enjoy...


From the Desk of Our Executive Director

Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. We are days away from the annual SBC Convention. Mark Brooks starts the lead post in this week’s Stewardship Journal, sharing a question a reporter asked him years ago. What will you do if your side loses? He shares important lessons for all...


From the Desk of Our Executive Director

Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. Many of you are days away from the launch of your Vacation Bible School. Down through the years, there has been perhaps no greater tool for evangelism than VBS. Have you ever thought of using VBS to advance stewardship? This week’s lead post...


From the Desk of Our Executive Director

Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. It Must Be Summer; VBS is Approaching is our lead post. Many of you reading this are only weeks away from the launch of your VBS. I believe you will enjoy this post which contains a brief interview with Pastor Greg Fine of...


From the Desk of Our Executive Director

Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. We have been focusing on setting up a summer giving plan to help you avoid any slump in giving. We start this edition of the Journal with our lead post, Why May is a Good Time to Focus on Recurring Giving. According to...


From the Desk of Our Executive Director

Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. Are you on social media? According to our lead post, How Social Media Can Advance Your Summer Missions, 59% of the world's population uses social media.The average daily usage of social media is 2 hours and 31 minutes. With that kind of usage, it...


From the Desk of Our Executive Director

Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. Is Online Giving Biblical? That is a great question and the title of our lead post. A member might have told you that online giving wasn’t mentioned in the Bible. If so, this post will be helpful. Our position, which this post shares,...


From the Desk of Our Executive Director

Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. How is your Annie Armstrong going? Most of our churches are in the final days of promoting the offering. I often found that the best time to review what worked and what didn’t was immediately after the event. In our lead post, we...


From the Desk of Our Executive Director

Welcome to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. Did you survive Easter? For pastors, this is an exhilarating day, but it can also be a day leading to great depression. Exhaustion might be the word that comes to mind. This week’s Stewardship Journal addresses the day after Easter. We begin with another...