by admin | 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 admin | 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 admin | 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 admin | 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 admin | 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 admin | 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...
