Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate: A New Vision for Financial Stewardship

by J. Clif Christopher

Book Overview

People don't give to church because we don't offer them a compelling vision of the good their giving will achieve. Hearing a young attorney speak of the faithbased reasons for which he had just made a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068764853X
• ISBN13: 9780687648535
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Length: 123 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.3" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Christian

This is one of the best books ever written about raising money in the church. What an eye opener. This should be required reading for all clergy, lay leaders, church leaders, or anyone interested in promoting God's Kingdom.

A Practical and Powerful Help

This book is a must read for pastors in the 21st century. It has given me a new perspective on the issue of stewardship in the local church. The writing was practical. I had many "a-ha" moments during the read. I highly recommend and endorse this book.

Eye Opener

This was an awesome read. Very practical solutions to understanding the dynamics of church giving and to rethink the ways of fund raising. A must read for church leaders because it makes us take a good look at ourselves regarding our ministerial responsibilities. The book was a very easy read. I flew from Michigan to Atlanta, GA. I was done with the book before the plane landed and I retained almost 90% of what I read.

Changing how churches do stewardship

Cliff with this book has taught Hastings United Methodist to look at stewardship with the light of the 21st century. This has stable our cash flow and increase our giving to help us inpact our community in a powerful way that honors Jesus

What STEWARDSHIP MESSAGE are you telling your Congregation?

Every coin has two sides, but the church seems stuck on one side. This book is not about the traditional biblical stewardship message of tithing (i.e., one side of the Stewardship coin). Of course, all church folks should be responding to the grace of God by returning a tenth (In case you need a reminder, go read the OT prophet book of Malachi, Chapter 3). This book focuses on the other side of the Stewardship coin, HOW DO WE PROMOTE GIVING in the church when we COMPETE against all the thousands of other non-profit organizations asking for that same dollar traditionally given to the church. What I like about this book is the new perspective on how to challenge people to give to the church using the good marketing techniques used by the competition. Yes, we (the leadership of the church) need to tell our people of the good things we do with the gifts (tithes and offerings) the church receives. We need to give the poeple of our congregations a reason to give their charity dollars to the church. The book provides excellent examples of good and bad from the author's real life experiences. It also highlites what the pastor and Stewardship Committee (or Trustees) should be doing to accomplish this new marketing perspective. I thought so highly of this book that I personally bought five additional copies for our church's Stewardship Committee and Pastor. After reading the book, you might want to consider doing the same for your leaders...