Posts Tagged ‘Stewards’
The Only Leader in the New Testament By Dr. Gary G. Hoag
A New Testament Perspective for Leaders Brace yourself for a startling finding if you study the word ‘leader’ in the New Testament. This discovery can explain many of our problems in churches and ministries. This revelation reveals a root problem that, if reversed, can remove all kinds of evils. What is it? There is only…
Read MoreStewards of Civility By Jon Lewis
Biblical Civility in Turbulent Times During my seven-decade lifetime, no time has demonstrated more of a lack of civil discourse than today. I write this blog approaching the November 5, 2024, U.S. presidential elections. I am not confident that the days and weeks following the upcoming election will be any better, no matter which candidate…
Read MoreIntentional Relationships By Dr. Al Hearne II
The Steward Leader Builds Intentional Relationships What happens when the steward leader’s life becomes so challenging that they cannot fulfill their responsibilities or build relationships? “We own nothing. God owns everything; we are simply managers.” Boa (2005) The Bible says, ‘You may say to yourself, ‘My power and the strength of my hands have produced…
Read MoreStewards of Our Tables By Jon Lewis
Our Tables as A God-Given Resource When it comes to leadership skills and the discipline of applying wise stewarding principles to our lives, I doubt that many of us consider the importance of time spent at our dinner tables. I want to propose that as common and mundane as meals shared with family and friends…
Read MoreMultiplying Faithful and Generous Stewards By Dr. Zenet Maramara
Becoming Faithful Stewards Set Free to Lead Those of you who are faithfully engaged in professional fundraising know that this job is a never-ending cycle of acquiring, cultivating, asking, engaging, and maintaining relationships with partners and financial givers. Fundraising work never lets up. Year after year, we have targets and financial goals to achieve.…
Read MoreMultiplying Stewards By Dr. Gary G. Hoag
A 4-Step Approach to Multiplying Stewards God wants all stewards to participate in spreading the good news of Jesus. However, our strategies often bear little fruit. Why? I think we ignore the example of Jesus and how He engaged people and aimed at multiplication. Consider His 4-step approach and how you might multiply stewards at…
Read MoreHow To Steward 70 and Beyond By Jon Lewis
Caring for Your Life After 70 Last year I turned 70. It wasn’t as traumatic an event as I thought it might be—at first. But then I started getting questions like, “How are you enjoying life now that you are retired?” or “What are you doing now with all your free time?” Honestly, I came…
Read MoreThe Pathways to Sustained Interdependence By Gary G. Hoag
Have you found the pathway to sustained interdependence? Sustained interdependence is the necessary interplay between people and God that results in fruitful and flourishing ministry. This post aims to unpack the aspects of this necessary interplay so you can experience it where you serve. Sustained Interdependence In his book When Money Goes On Mission, Rob…
Read MoreBiblical Truths to Guide Your Ministry By Dr. Zenet Maramara
There are two core biblical truths that must guide your ministry! That God owns everything and that we are only stewards of all resources is a biblical truth which Christians believe, but not as popularly practiced. I teach my fundraising-students that these two basic principles of divine ownership and human stewardship should guide their ministry.…
Read MoreThe End of Christendom By Jon Lewis
Stewarding the End of Christendom . . . Again Christendom, as my mission history textbook explains, was a part of history and a part of the world where nations pushed their political objectives simultaneously with the goal of Christian religious domination. Peaking during the 15th to 17th centuries when European colonial powers were advancing their…
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