This is a comprehensive guide to building healthy congregational
attitudes and practices toward managing and spending financial
resources.
Much has been written about how churches can raise money. Less
guidance is available to congregations about what to do with
financial resources once they have been gathered in. Even less has
been offered by way of a comprehensive view of congregational
finances, one that demonstrates how individual attitudes toward
giving money and congregational attitudes toward managing and
spending money are inextricably linked together.
In this book Michael Durall paints a wide-ranging picture of how
churches can engender healthy attitudes and practices toward money
among their members. How can churches counteract the consumerist
mentality in society in ways that lead to simpler living and more
sacrificial giving? How can churches tell which stewardship
practices and programs are genuinely helpful, and which are
seriously outdated? How can we build a strong bond between the
day-to-day lives of parishioners and their charitable giving? What
opportunities for better stewardship do the unique natures of each
individual congregation present?
Written for pastors, finance committees, and everyone involved
in the financial life of congregations, Beyond the Collection Plate
will serve as an indispensable guide to how the priorities of God's
kingdom can determine how money in the church is raised, managed,
and spent.
This book is intended to help readers strengthen the bond
between parishioners' daily lives and their charitable giving. It
analyzes prevailing attitudes in church toward giving and managing
money, demonstrates how many prevailing practices in stewardship
campaigns and fundraising have lost their effectiveness, and
provides strategies for encouraging more sacrificial giving.
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