Posts Tagged ‘faith’
Give No More! by Wes Willmer
By Wes Willmer Imagine with me, one day you come home and start leafing through your mail – sorting the personal letters from the bills and the appeals- when your eye catches an envelope teaser that says, “Give No More.” Intrigued, you open this appeal to find a short letter which states, “All our needs…
Read MoreA Steward Leader's Response to Bad News
By Dr. R. Scott Rodin I read a daily devotion by Charles Spurgeon and his entry for September 15th was deeply challenging. I have paraphrased it here specifically to address us as steward leaders, leaving his actual words in quotations. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings. ~Psalms 112:7 As steward leaders, we must not…
Read MorePeople: A Leverage Point for Change By James Lewis CCNL
Your ministry is aging. The internal culture has changed, and the external context is vastly different than what you started with twenty or even ten years ago. To adjust to these changes many start by reviewing their mission statement, which defines the organization as a whole. However, my studies and experience have led me to…
Read MoreDoes Your Faith Permeate Your Fundraising? By Wesley K. Willmer
In Growing Givers’ Hearts: Treating Fundraising as Ministry (Jossey-Bass), authors Tom Jeavons and Rebekah Basinger compare and contrast how a faith-based, ministry-focused model of raising resources is very different from a secular approach focused strictly on the bottom line. They concluded that it all boils down to values, because our values determine our activities. What…
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