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Book a 50-minute appointment with an expert Ministry Strategist through the Generosity Hotline?
Looking to further your mission and ministry and generate new forms of income?
Participate in the Good Futures Accelerator at half price, thanks to Wesleyan Impact Partners!
Listen to Season 13 of the Igniting Imagination podcast.
Season 13 was hosted by the founders of RootedGood.
Are you looking for the summits 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