Stewardship Education and Campaign Materials
Practical Research Results
about Stewardship
New Life Ministries is pleased to be able to offer
Christian Community's
stewardship resources. For the past five years, church stewardship
has been the primary focus of the research work at Christian Community.
The research spanned 1,157 congregations representing thirty denominations
and thousands of members and constituents of many of those congregations.
Many of those churches cooperated in field-testing practical strategies to
improve stewardship education and financial giving. The resulting
resources have been receiving heavy use in churches across the country,
and we're pleased by all the positive feedback they've received. See
what others are saying about these excellent
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 Dessert First – Complete
Financial Commitment Program
This package draws on
Christian Community's extensive research to give your congregation four options
for the annual commitment program.
Dessert First: Reflections on Stewardship and the Spiritual Life – Devotional Booklet
by Steve Clapp
This
booklet is a devotional booklet designed for individual or group reflection on the
relationship between the spiritual life and financial giving. Priced for
quantity distribution.
 The Desires
of Your Heart – Financial Giving and the Spiritual Life
by Holly Carcione, Steve Clapp, Kristen Leverton, and Angela
Zimmerman
This book shares the
results of Christian Community's research on stewardship and the spiritual life
in the form of practical strategies which any church can use to improve its
financial base.
What Others
Have
Said about Our
Stewardship Materials
"You
wrote great materials on stewardship, and I am very grateful! . . . I was
frustrated with boring materials out there in Stewardship-land and the lack of
information on how to work with Boomers and Busters and Generation X. Your
resources had many answers. . . . Thanks for doing the work of the church by
putting out what folks like us need."
—A United Methodist Pastor
"This is a very practical approach which should produce excellent
results for congregations which are facing stewardship challenges realistically.
This is an understandable framework for leaders who want their congregation to
be healthier as a sound institution, but it also pushes beyond the financial to
the spiritual dimension of financial health."
—Loren Mead, founder of the Alban Institute
"Your list of the ten ways to do stewardship reflects reality as I see
it across the country in churches with high giving levels."
—Herb Miller
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Funds
for the Future of the Church: Planned Giving Options
by Thomas C. Rieke
This clearly
written, easy to understand report from the Network for Charitable Giving
addresses one of the greatest needs and greatest opportunities for the
church today.
 The
Generosity Option: Planning Options for Contemporary Disciples
by Thomas C. Rieke
We think of
planned giving as being only for the wealthy, but that is simply not
true! This easy-to-read booklet gives clear explanations of planning options.
Just
in Time–Stories of God's Extravagance
by Lynn A. Miller
This is a wonderful
book about what happens when we open our hearts, wallets, schedules, businesses,
or homes to others. Thirty-four moving stories.
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