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Estate Planning: A Key to Faithful Stewardship

An estate plan is a significant resource for a faithful Christian steward, and estate planning gives the church a tremendous opportunity to help educate parishioners about the key components of a Christian estate plan. Here are some ways to get started. (Photo by MonkeyBusinessImages, via Bigstockphoto.com.)

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Finding Your Fundraising Voice

“How can we persuade people to give more?” Not surprisingly, this is one of the most frequent questions I encounter in my work as a congregational consultant. One way to respond to such questions is by teaching better fundraising techniques. (Photo by iqoncept, via Bigstockphoto)

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A Spirituality of Fundraising

Renowned author of many books on the spiritual journey, Henri Nouwen re-envisioned fundraising as a path of spiritual growth. His book, “A Spirituality of Fundraising,” is recommended reading for stewards of life. In this interview, Nouwen discusses his ideas. (You can order the book and learn more about Henri Nouwen at www.henrinouwen.org.)

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Pastor: Fund Raiser for Mission

To a present culture of materialism, selfishness, and consumerism, we are called to model in our own lives and teach others Christian financial stewardship. Each of us clergy and lay leaders can be trained in our discipling to not only make good stewards of our people, but also to talk the language of fund raising and do so with the conviction that it is an important part of our Christian ministry. (Photo by Fallonyates, used by Creative Commons license.)