by Chris McDaniel | Jun 5, 2025 | Equipping Development Professionals
The Silent Shortfall: Why Pastors Aren’t Equipped to Teach Stewardship—and What It’s Costing the Church In many churches today, discussions about giving arise only during fundraising drives or budget shortfalls. This reactive approach often stems from a deeper issue:...
by Chris McDaniel | Nov 18, 2024 | Equipping Development Professionals
A key resource you should consider walking through with individuals is Stuff and Soul by Dr. Wesley Willmer. Here is a highlight of this book, and if you want a free copy, click here and let me know. Top three principles from Stuff and Soul: Mastering the Critical...
by Chris McDaniel | Sep 23, 2024 | Equipping Development Professionals
We surveyed larger capacity donors and asked them a few key questions. Did you know that Westfall Gold did a study that showed 89 percent of those within your EXISTING donor base can give more? Why are they not giving more? Because of a lack of engagement!...
by Chris McDaniel | Aug 24, 2024 | Equipping Development Professionals
Stewardship is the foundation of a healthy church culture. Being a steward is not synonymous with stewardship. Most churches and leaders have stewardship campaigns, but they talk about stewardship as if it were merely an activity or a single topic of study. This...
by Chris McDaniel | Aug 24, 2024 | Equipping Development Professionals
Six Tips for Pastors and Small Group Leaders Consistently Americans spend far more on food, vacations, and retail merchandise in the last three months of the year and followers of Christ are prone to the same stewardship patterns. Everywhere we turn—stores,...
by Chris McDaniel | Aug 23, 2024 | Equipping Development Professionals
Let’s get this out of the way early—organizational leaders don’t always make the right decisions. For over 30 years, I have held leadership roles in non-profit, military, and private businesses. I have daily faced the need to make decisions in areas of vision,...
by Chris McDaniel | Aug 23, 2024 | Equipping Development Professionals
Christian leaders, including development staff, who believe in the Gospel of Jesus Christ and choose prayerfully to pursue eternal Kingdom values, will seek to identify the sacred Kingdom resources of God’s economy within these parameters:[1] God, the creator and...
by Chris McDaniel | Aug 23, 2024 | Equipping Development Professionals
“The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light. I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is...
by Chris McDaniel | Aug 23, 2024 | Equipping Development Professionals
In today’s environment, it is not uncommon to find churches 20%-30% behind budget. While this challenging reality exists, pastors have an opportunity to disciple their congregation to even greater levels of generosity. Most pastors are comfortable challenging their...
by Chris McDaniel | Jun 24, 2024 | Equipping Development Professionals
Do you know how to disciple generous givers? Do you know how to disciple generous givers? What do you want for your financial supporters versus from them? These questions have been etched in my heart lately. It’s as if I cannot escape them, as though God keeps putting...
by Chris McDaniel | Jun 24, 2024 | Equipping Development Professionals
Modeling Generosity Unlocks Financial Resources Rethink Your Approach to Financial Resources A common challenge for Christian leaders is to secure financial resources for ministry. I certainly experienced this when I was tasked with raising them. Frequently,...
