Seeking to learn from solid teaching, personal insights, and a wealth of experience?
Generosity.Horizons.net/Midwest-Methodist-Generosity-Hotline
Are you looking for the summit and workshops?
Visit the ThreeSimpleRules.org website:
Visit the “Stewardship” section of Discipleship Ministries
to connect to many other resources.
The following is a list of excellent books compiled by executive directors of Methodist Foundations (in no particular order):
- A Spirituality of Fundraising by Henri J. M. Nouwen
- Ask, Thank, Tell: Improving Stewardship Ministry in Your Congregation by Charles (Chick) Lane
- Beyond the Offering Plate: A Holistic Approach to Stewardship edited by Adam Copeland
- Church Finances for Missional Leaders: Best Practices for Faithful Stewardship by Bonnie Ives Marden
- Earn. Save. Give. Leader Guide: Wesley’s Simple Rules for Money by James Harnish
- Ministry and Money: A Practical Guide for Pastors Janet & Philip Jamieson
- Money and Your Ministry: Balance the Books While Keeping Your Balance by Margaret Marcuson
- More Than Money: Portraits of Transformative Stewardship (Money, Faith and Lifestyle) by Patrick H. McNamara
- Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate: A New Vision for Financial Stewardship (Revised Edition) by J. Clif Christopher
- Preaching and Stewardship: Proclaiming God’s Invitation to Grow by Craig Satterlee
- Propel: Good Stewardship, Greater Generosity by Clayton Smith
- Real Good Church: How Our Church Came Back from the Dead, and Yours Can, Too by Molly Baskette
- shiny gods: finding freedom from things that distract us by Mike Slaughter
- The Generous Church: A Guide for Pastors (Defying Gravity) by Tom Berlin
- The Sower: Redefining the Ministry of Raising Kingdom Resources by R. Scott Rodin
- The Vile Practices of Church Leadership: Finance and Administration by Nate Berneking
An excellent Methodist trilogy on regular giving, capital campaigns, and planned giving:
- Faith & Money: Understanding Annual Giving in Church by Michael Reeves & Jennifer Tyler
- Extraordinary Money! Understanding the Church Capital Campaign by Michael Reeves
- Creative Giving: Understanding Planned Giving and Endowments in Church by Michael Reeves, Rob Fairly, & Sanford Coon