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Our patterns of consumption speak volumes about the practice of our faith. Are these patterns related to the financial crisis facing congregations? Learn about the connections between money and work, mission, and stewardship.
SPECIALIZED MINISTRIES : Faith and Money
  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.
Offerings of the Heart: Money and Values in Faith Communities (Book)
Rabbi Shawn Zevit, Author.
Herndon, VA: Alban Institute, 2005.
Rabbi Shawn Zevit helps us examine our attitudes and behaviors around money. He also provides texts and tools for any faith community seeking financial resources to "build and maintain whole lives."
The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't Need (Book)
Juliet B. Schor, Author.
New York, NY: HarperCollins, 1998.
Juliet Schor’s The Overspent American provides a detailed view of the earning and consuming trends of Americans from the 1970s to the present.
 Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic (Book)
Thomas H. Naylor, John de Graaf, David Wann, Authors.
San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2001.
Calling "affluenza" a "disease," the authors discuss the diseases three facets (symptoms, causes, and treatment), and provide a strong vehicle for dialogue about our values, our consumer decisions, and our future.
The Biblical Jubilee and the Struggle for Life: An Invitation to Personal, Ecclesial, and Social Transformation (Book)
Ross Kinsler, Gloria Kinsler, Authors.
Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999.
Ross and Gloria Kinsler believe that personal and global economics should be recognized as integral to the message of Hebrew and Christian scripture—and therefore integral to what is taught in congregations.
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.
The Crisis in the Churches: Spiritual Malaise, Fiscal Woe (Book)
Robert Wuthnow, Author.
New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Wuthnow argues that the financial crisis in congregations today—declining giving and increased demands—is in addition a spiritual crisis arising from the failure of congregations to meet the spiritual needs of their middle-class members.
 Faith and Money (Web Resource)
Congregational leaders can find it difficult to navigate the terrain between the realms of faith and money. Dan Hotchkiss explores sociological, theological, and spiritual perspectives on this challenging topic. Links to relevant resources are included.
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.
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.
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.
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