The gospel is free, it’s true, but ministry to serve God’s people requires a cash flow. God blesses us with financial resources, but how well do we steward them? Smart Church Management has five things to consider.
Five overlooked areas that can kill church generosity
In this season where the church is challenged in so many areas, we can’t lose our passion for generosity. Biblically rooted generosity and stewardship are an integral parts of making disciples and focusing on the mission God calls us to accomplish. Jim Shepperd of Generis offers some good advice.
Is your church prepared for the ‘giving reshuffle’?
Changes in employment, inflation and other economic factors are rippling through our culture, stressing the finances of God’s people. It will affect your congregation. Carey Nieuwhof offers six ways to be prepared. (Photo: Paul Huxley, Creative Commons)
‘What I learned about ministry from beekeeping’
“Terroir,” the word for the local environmental factors that give a particular wine or honey its distinctive flavor, can be applied to ministry, writes the director of the Wabash Pastoral Leadership Program. In Faith & Leadership.
How churches are building affordable housing
Congregations are helping with the affordable housing crisis in our nation by building housing on their unused land. Aided by that have unused land are finding an excellent use for it: Building affordable housing. Religion News Service tells the story. ( Photo: Anete Lusina, Pexels)
‘My church is a beautiful waste of money’
People often say that the church is like a business, or should be more like a business. But by the metrics of business management and capitalism, the work of churches and pastors is redundant, Pastor Melissa Florer-Bixler writes in Faith & Leadership. (Photo: Alejandro Rdguez, Creative Commons)
Strategies to make it easier to talk money in church
Some churches are so close-lipped about money that members may suspect that subject is taboo. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. The Lewis Center for Church Leadership shares ideas on how to have productive conversation about money and giving. (Photo: Daniel Dionne, Creative Commons)
Overcome these obstacles to fully fund your ministry
Covid 19 has accelerated some trends in church culture that had been simmering, and now leaders are struggling to adapt. Horizons Stewardship suggests eight obstacles to fully funding your ministry — and how to handle them.
Other revenue sources beyond the offering plate
More and more congregations are seeing that relying on just the money received in weekly donations from members to live into the mission God has called them into is no longer enough. Grace Duddy Pomroy of Luther Seminary explores some alternatives.
Reflections on the rise and fall of Mars Hill Church
After listening to Christianity Today’s podcast series on what happened to the Seattle-area megachurch, Carey Nieuwhof draws out some important lessons that leaders of all churches are wise to keep in mind. (Photo: Dennis Skley, Creative Commons)
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