Not Your Parents Offering Plate

Author : Dr. J. Clif Christopher
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1501804936
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Not Your Parents' Offering Plate written by Dr. J. Clif Christopher and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2015-04-22 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People don’t give to church because we don’t offer them a compelling vision of the good their giving will achieve. Hearing a young attorney speak of the faithbased reasons for which he had just made a substantial monetary gift to a community youth center, Clif Christopher asked the speaker if he would consider making a similar contribution to the congregation of which he was an active member. “Lord, no they would not know what to do with it” was the answer. That, in a nutshell, describes the problem churches are facing in their stewardship efforts, says Christopher. Unlike leading nonprofit agencies and institutions, we too often fail to convince potential givers that their gifts will have impact and significance. In this book, Christopher lays out the main reasons for this failure to capture the imagination of potential givers, including our frequent failure simply to ask. Written with the needs of pastors and stewardship teams in mind, Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate provides immediate, practical guidance to all who seek to help God’s people be better stewards of their resources.

Author : J. Clif Christopher
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 142674336X
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rich Church, Poor Church written by J. Clif Christopher and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the bottom line at your church?

Author : Dr. J. Clif Christopher
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426729847
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whose Offering Plate Is It? written by Dr. J. Clif Christopher and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Not Your Parents' Offering Plate, Clif Christopher challenged churches and pastors to take a lesson from the leaders of not-for-profit organizations: if you want people to give to your church, first offer them a compelling vision of the good that their giving will accomplish. The book encouraged an entire culture change for many in the Christian community in how they viewed the offering plate. It also unleashed a barrage of questions on specifically how to create this new culture while maintaining the foundations of one's faith tradition and mission. In this sequel, Christopher responds to these questions in the same forthright manner that he originally laid forth his propositions. He offers simple, strategic advice on such difficult questions as: “Exactly how do I go about gaining access to the donor records when my church has prohibited it for a hundred years?” “How do I explain a meeting with just those who are strong givers without alienating those who are not?” “How can we advocate online giving without encouraging some to abuse their credit cards?” “What should letters to different giving constituencies look like?”

Author : Michael Durall
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1566995027
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating Congregations of Generous People written by Michael Durall and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1999-12-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asking parishioners for money is very different from creating congregations of generous people. In this provocative book, stewardship consultant Michael Durall argues convincingly that annual pledge drives inadvertently perpetuate low-level and same-level giving in congregations. Written with the voice of experience, this book will help clergy and lay leaders initiate and sustain effective stewardship programs. Durall believes that asking for money eventually becomes routine, even tedious-but creating a congregation of generous people becomes ever more meaningful with passing time.

Author : Charles R. Lane
Publisher : Augsburg Books
ISBN 13 : 9781451405057
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ask, Thank, Tell written by Charles R. Lane and published by Augsburg Books. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this book, says author Charles Lane, is to perform a dramatic rescue of stewardship, freeing it from any connection whatsoever to "paying the bills." When the Bible talks about stewardship it almost always talks about the intimate connection between how a person handles financial matters and that person's relationship with God. Stewardship is an intensely spiritual matter that lies close to a disciple's relationship with Jesus.The book is designed especially for use in congregational planning and study. Congregational stewardship leaders will come back to three foundational verbs ? ask, thank, tell ? over and over as they help individuals experience the joy of giving generously. The author makes the convincing case that there is little in life today that can help a disciple grow in relationship with Jesus more than a solid intentional biblical stewardship.

Author : Kennon L. Callahan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 078793867X
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Giving and Stewardship in an Effective Church written by Kennon L. Callahan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1997-08-25 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This complete guide to giving and stewardship sheds new light on solid financial resources, one of the 12 keys to building an effective church. 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.

Author : Charles LaFond
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0819228648
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fearless Church Fundraising written by Charles LaFond and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering how essential fundraising is to ministry, many church leaders remain terrified of asking for or talking about money. Fearless Church Fundraising removes the terror from stewardship, urging leaders to focus on deep spiritual conversion and a clear, compelling mission before they design the pledge cards. In this rich resource part handbook, part workbook, part spiritual guidebook former monk and popular consultant Charles LaFond combines road-tested strategies and sample campaign documents with a spiritual director's sensitivity. The result is an irresistible, user-friendly text that promises to transform your ministry's fundraising and its spiritual life.

Author : J. Clif Christopher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781426796579
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Church Money Manual written by J. Clif Christopher and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The church leader's guide to thoughtfully managing church finances. Each mini-chapter attacks a particular problem or perennially critical theme related to church money management and stewardship.

Author : J. Clif Christopher
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426710135
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Whose Offering Plate Is It? written by J. Clif Christopher and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want people to give, offer them a compelling vision of how their giving is going to build God's kingdom.

Author : Donald a Smith
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Better Offering written by Donald a Smith and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When in-person worship came to a screeching halt in 2020, many church leaders lamented, "What are we going to do if we can't pass the plate/basket for the offering?" Creative pivoting happened for many who sought to navigate the unexpected pandemic and post-pandemic path. The result-funding for ministry and mission that exceeded pre-pandemic projections. Many lamenters were surprised when they heard themselves say, "We never have to pass the plate again!" Donald A. Smith is a generosity strategist, mentor, and coach to pastors and church leaders. Author of the book, "A Better Offering: 5 Unmistakable Habits of Generous Churches," Don encourages readers to use the challenges of this unimaginable season as an opportunity to assess every practice in the church, especially those related to generosity and communicating the mission of the church.As a former pastor, Smith offers a host of stories from his own life, from his fruitful pastoral ministry, and from his work as a generosity strategist to churches and their leaders. Ultimately, he invites church leaders to envision a better offering and to consider five unmistakable habits that churches have found to be effective in growing generosity. In his Foreword to the book, Dr. J. Clif Christopher (a colleague of Don's who has authored many books on generosity, including "Not Your Parents' Offering Plate") writes: "For the last fifteen years Don has become a mentor to countless pastors and congregations while helping to bring new life in our changing times to the churches he has served. Now it is his turn to write his story so that even more people can learn from his vast experience. Every pastor and financial leader of a congregation should read and study this book, then use it." Don's story will equip churches to tell their stories in a way that will inspire greater generosity. The result-a better offering.