Beyond the offering plate: How to measure generosity in ways other than money
When congregations reduce giving to a financial transaction, they ignore the generosity happening all around them in other forms, a pastor writes.
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‘Doing Well by Doing Good: The Missional Benefits of Church-Based Economic Enterprises’
In his new book, a priest highlights the hopeful message churches can offer when they change their missional and financial models.
Link to author Brendan J. Barnicle
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Brendan J. Barnicle
Dean, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
A congregation renovates the old and builds something new to serve its members and community
Facing years of deferred maintenance and repair costs, a church in Lexington, Kentucky, looked outward as well as inward to make the best use of its historic space while expanding to meet a pressing local need.
Link to author Kory Wilcoxson
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Kory Wilcoxson
Pastor and journalist
Yeah, I’m vehemently pro-pastor
The pastoral housing crisis reveals the cost of a sacrifice that the church has stopped naming, writes the founder of a Christian housing nonprofit. Her essay is a call to old faithfulness.
Link to author Nicole Marie Bergeron
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Nicole Marie Bergeron
Founder and CEO, Aslan Housing Foundation
Argrow “Kit” Evans-Ford: Families deserve generational, sustainable, long-term change
This Christian social enterprise has expanded from bath and body products to a café and food truck to support and train women who have experienced abuse.
Three churches share their experiences practicing intentional stewardship year-round
Different in size, location and denomination, these churches are all working to move beyond traditional fall giving campaigns by creating a philosophy of continuous stewardship.
Link to author Leslie Quander Wooldridge
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Leslie Quander Wooldridge
Journalist
An affordable housing project uses its faith-based history to grow into the future
Now a secular nonprofit, Harborlight Homes has expanded to address a housing shortage while holding onto its church roots.
Link to author G. Jeffrey MacDonald
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G. Jeffrey MacDonald
Journalist and UCC minister
Why is a business model important for a ministry?
The new executive director of any ministry needs to understand the organization’s finances. That includes how money is raised and spent as well as the economics of the people involved.
Link to author David L. Odom
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David L. Odom
Executive director, Forum for Congregational Life
Listening to people and investing in them as an act of radical service
Married pastors have transformed a vacant strip mall into a community development hub and base for needed services in a St. Louis suburb.
Link to author Valerie Schremp Hahn
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Valerie Schremp Hahn
Journalist
The visionary and the implementer: Partners combine strengths to launch a housing development for formerly homeless older adults
When San Antonio’s Catholic Worker house grew from offering a feeding ministry to building affordable housing, its leader got help from a surprising source: a former administrator in the city department that had tried to shut it down.
Link to author Robyn Ross
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Robyn Ross
Journalist
You’ve decided to build affordable housing on your church property. What’s next?
The “predevelopment” phase is crucial in faith-based efforts to develop church property. An expert in urban planning helps demystify the process.
Link to author Nadia A. Mian
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Nadia A. Mian
Senior program director, Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement
