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Through stewardship, people are invited to share time, talents, and treasure so that a faith community can fulfill its calling. With increasing congregational costs and increasingly diverse attitudes toward financial stewardship, giving and tithing are becoming more complex issues. Explore what it means to be a contributing community and keep your congregation on track--before, during, and after a financial stewardship campaign.
ADMINISTRATION : Stewardship
  Creating Congregations of Generous People (Book)
Michael Durall, Author.
Herndon, VA: Alban Institute, 1999.
This view of stewardship asserts that continued generous giving to one’s church comes about from individual satisfaction and consequent spiritual growth, not from a duty to help meet the budget.
Giving and Stewardship in an Effective Church: A Guide for Every Member (Book)
Kennon L. Callahan, Author.
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1997.
Beginning with the premise that “money follows mission,” this book offers some simple, thoughtful ways to revitalize congregational stewardship campaigns and to increase overall church attendance.
 Parish Publishing, LLC: Christian Stewardship and Preaching Resources (Organization)
Parish Publishing offers comprehensive educational stewardship materials to church communities of all sizes. Its products include a newsletter, sourcebook, stewardship campaigns, and sermon supports.
Winning Grants to Strengthen Your Ministry (Book)
Joy Skjegstad, Author.
Herndon, VA: Alban Institute, 2007.
Joy Skjegstad takes the mystery out of the grantwriting process and explains the factors that heighten the prospect of winning grants. Topics covered include types of grants, building a strong case for your ministry, and following up.
 The Abingdon Guide to Funding Ministry (Book)
Donald W. Joiner, Author.
Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1997.
The Abingdon Guide to Funding Ministry supplies a variety of tools for discovering, teaching, and proclaiming the joy and responsibility of faithful financial stewardship.
Christian Stewardship Association (Organization)
CSA is a membership organization for Christian development professionals. Its mission is to provide these individuals with a biblical understanding of stewardship through research, publications, educational events, and networking opportunities.
The Dynamics of Church Finance (Book)
James D. Berkley, Author.
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 2000.
This book on financial stewardship will help beginning pastors, finance committees, church treasurers, and others with congregational budgeting, financial reporting, fund raising, and similar topics.
Ecumenical Stewardship Center (Organization)
The Ecumenical Stewardship Center offers books, videos, an annual journal, and a variety of seminars and conferences to assist denominations and other organizations in developing "creative and vital stewardship ministries."
 Effective Approaches to Growth and Stewardship in the Small Church (Article)
Perry Bell, Author.
Congregations. September/October 1994. Vol. XX, No. 5, pp. 9.
Herndon, VA: Alban Institute.
This article makes the case that the unique characteristics of small congregations must be understood if efforts to grow the membership and cultivate giving are to succeed.
Eight Ways Congregations Raise Pledges (Article)
Perry Bell, Author.
Action Information. July/August 1991. Vol. XVII, No. 4, pp. 10.
Herndon, VA: Alban Institute.
The author outlines the eight basic approaches congregations can use to obtain financial commitments from their members, describing the resources necessaary to launch these drives and their expected results.
Generous Saints: Congregations Rethinking Ethics and Money (Book)
James Hudnut-Beumler, Author.
Herndon, VA: Alban Institute, 1999.
Author James Hudnut-Beumler immediately shifts notions of parish finance from green eyeshade budget-balancing to perennial religious questions undergirding mission and life.
Growing Givers' Hearts: Treating Fundraising as Ministry (Book)
Thomas H. Jeavons, Rebekah Burch Basinger, Authors.
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2000.
The authors make the strong argument that a fundraiser's goal should be to assist in the faith development of the giver as much as it is to enhance the income of the organization.
Ministry and Money: A Guide for Clergy and Their Friends (Book)
Dan Hotchkiss, Author.
Herndon, VA: Alban Institute, 2002.
After exploring why congregations are often uncomfortable with the topic of money and finances, Dan Hotchkiss suggests ways that congregational leaders can respond and raises financial issues for faith communities to consider.
More Than Money: Portraits of Transformative Stewardship (Book)
Patrick H. McNamara, Author.
Herndon, VA: Alban Institute, 1999.
Studying the stewardship programs of eleven American Protestant churches, the author articulates the essentials of a stewardship focus and provides examples of an intentional focus on stewardship over time.
 Moving from Fund-raising to Stewardship (Web Resource)
Based on the premise that stewardship is a spiritual experience—a way of life— and fund-raising is a means, Deborah Callard shares her experience developing annual campaign, planned giving, and capital campaign strategies.
The New Context for Ministry: Competing for the Charitable Dollar (Book)
Lyle E. Schaller, Author.
Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2002.
(Alternate subtitle: The Impact of the New Economy on Your Church.) Lyle Schaller reflects on how American society has changed in the 72 years between the stock market crash of October 1929 and the terrorist attacks of September 2001.
Pastor, You Can Increase the Giving in Your Church (Article)
Harris W. Lee, Author.
Action Information. July/August 1992. Vol. XVIII, No. 4, pp. 8–10.
Herndon, VA: Alban Institute.
This article contests the notion that lay leaders are responsible for stewardship, suggesting that pastors play a key role through the quality of their pastoral ministry, the way in which they lead, and their relationship with the stewardship committee.
The Price of Faith: Exploring Our Choices about Money and Wealth (Book)
Marie Cross, Author.
Louisville, KY: Geneva Press, 2002.
Marie Cross attempts to broaden our understanding of "stewardship," to challenge the choices we make about money and wealth, and (in the process) to help us grow together in faith.
A Primer on Maintenance of Heating and Electrical Systems (Report)
Andrew Rudin, Author.
Melrose Park, PA: Interfaith Coalition on Energy, 1990.
This brief report outlines ten concrete steps for organizing and managing an effective church maintenance program.
What Is the Best You Can Give to the Church? Old Testament Recipes . . . the New Testament Stretch (Article)
Donna Schaper, Author.
Action Information. September/October 1991. Vol. XVII, No. 5, pp. 1.
Herndon, VA: Alban Institute.
The author examines the Hebrew tradition's "ladder of giving," applying it to Christian ideals of giving. In doing so, she asks readers to identify what taking sufficient care of themselves means.
The Whys and Hows of Money Leadership (Web Resource)
Chicago, IL: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
In this seven-session online curriculum, Mark Vincent invites you to examine your own beliefs about money, as well as congregational economics, money and leadership, and money and faith. Interactive assessment tools are included.
With Generous Hearts: How to Raise Capital Funds for Your Church, Church School, Church Agency or Regional Church Body (Book)
Glen N. Holliman, Barbara L. Holliman, Authors.
Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing, 2005.
Providing an excellent overview of capital campaigns, this book presents the six steps of effective fundraising and emphasizes the importance of feasibility studies and advanced gifts.
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