Giving and Stewardship in an Effective Church: A Guide for Every Member
From Kennon Callahan's years of consulting with churches of many denominations around the world come...
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From Kennon Callahan's years of consulting with churches of many denominations around the world come more essential lessons for effective church leadership. Solid financial resources is among the twelve keys of an effective church. This complete guide to giving and stewardship sheds new light on this important key.In this eye-opening approach, Dr. Callahan asserts that money is not the first issue of stewardship. A church needs a clear sense of mission in the local community to be successful in fund-raising. "Money follows mission, not the reverse," he writes. "This is a shorthand way of saying that the stronger the congregation's relational characteristics, the easier it is to raise money. The stronger the congregation's mission, visitation, worship, groupings, leadership, and decision making, the stronger the giving."Here is a practical plan for the growth and development of giving and stewardship in your congregation, complete with action worksheets that advance the progress of the plan over four years. Readers are walked carefully through the four steps of giving: growing the seven principles for giving, developing the six possibilities for giving, advancing the five motivations for giving, and building an understanding of stewardship.
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