Articles to help you develop and lead your stewardship ministry, and stewardship tips you can pass on to your congregation.
Early career; starting and raising a family; retirement – these stages of life build on the stewardship foundation established earlier. Learn how to apply Biblical stewardship principles to key decisions in these life stages.
Stewardship is a lifelong journey. Like any journey, it’s most successful when it starts off in the right direction. Learn key stewardship principles and practices for the early stages of life.
The Benevolence ministry provides a great hand in times of need. But how do you get beyond giving a person a fish to teaching them to fish? A stewardship emphasis can help a benevolence ministry to empower beneficiaries to a life of financial freedom.
Stewardship is for everyone, regardless of financial condition. But often, we narrow the view to just those struggling with debt, or just those with abundance. Learn how to promote a healthy, wholistic stewardship conversation in your congregation.
Stewardship begins with our finances – but it doesn’t end there. God calls us to faithfulness with our whole LIFE: our Labor, Influence, Finances, and Experience.
Faithful stewardship is a direction, not a destination. There are mileposts along the way, but the journey is about the habits we’re cultivating and the practices we’re putting in place. Learn how to plan your stewardship journey.
As the year comes to a close, it’s a great time to evaluate our growth in stewardship. How faithful were we with the resources God provided? Learn how to evaluate where you’ve been in terms of important stewardship areas, and prepare for growth in the coming year!
When we hear the word stewardship in church, we nearly always hear it in the context of giving. But stewardship is much more than giving – it encompasses all we do with the resources God provides.
Jesus tells us that we have to choose between serving God and serving money. Most of us would say that we choose to serve God, but do our financial patterns really reflect that choice? Learn how to tell whether you may be serving money without realizing it.
Christmas can be a time of frantic activity or it can be a time of great purpose and fulfillment. Asking the right question about Christmas can make the difference. Learn how to treat Christmas with more intentionality.
Wealth isn’t evil, but it is deceitful. If we see ourselves as owners of the wealth God has provided, we may be lured into the trap of relying on wealth for security. But if we see ourselves as stewards of God’s resources, then wealth becomes an opportunity to be a channel of God’s blessing.
Stewardship is more than giving. It turns out that discipleship in the key area of finances helps produce Christlike characteristics in the believer. Learn how your relationship with money influences key character traits of a disciple.
