Stewardship Program

naomikb · January 2012

Does your church run a formal stewardship program/campaign annually?

We started using Herb Miller's "New Consecration Sunday Stewarship Program" books. It's an interesting concept. The general premise is the emphasize what God is calling you to give (financially) to the church instead of what percentage of the church budget you are responsible for. The congregation is asked to pray about their financial giving and challenged to increase giving by 1% over last year's gifts, with the ultimate goal of tithing (Example - moving from donating 4% of your income to 5% of your income).

Anyone have experience with Herb Miller's program or another similar program? I've heard of various formats.

iamjoesgurl · January 2012

Our church encourages people to give but I don't remember hearing a sermon on tithing yet. I grew up as a PK so I have always understood the need for tithing to keep a church being able to minister in their community. We split our giving between our church, missionaries that we support and our sponsored children (James 1:27) with the majority of it being our tithe. I try to let God lead my giving and not second guess his willingness to bless us if we are willinging to obey and give.

I think I would be interested in reading something on stewardship so I'll be interested to see what gets posted

naomikb · January 2012

Joesgurl - what is PK?

mrandmrsbrist · January 2012

This is not something our church does at.all.period.ever.

DramaGeek · January 2012

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/cultural-wedding-boards_christian-weddings_stewardship-program?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Cultural%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:464687ae-7bc1-4360-9aea-999e11f1e1adDiscussion:66446dd4-45ec-4489-a471-325c6775a667Post:8d33c694-af0a-4fef-ae3f-5a7342518095">Re: Stewardship Program</a>:
[QUOTE]Joesgurl - what is PK?
Posted by naomikb[/QUOTE]

<div>Pastors kid. MK = Missionary kid</div>

RyansBelovedBride · January 2012

Our church does stewardship stuff, but I never pay much attention. I've never had a steady income but instead temporary or unsteady jobs, so instead I just let the Lord lead me to give based on what I have. I've always thought we should follow Jesus advice about not letting our left hand know what our right hand is doing regarding giving, so I give as the Lord leads, and then try to forget what I've given so I won't keep a record.

ochemjenn · January 2012

Our current church, no. But we've only been here 6 months and have missed several weekends from traveling.

When we moved here we went to another Episcopal Church. That Sunday the sermon was what I would call "fire and brimstone" about tithing and being an example to others. It made me so uncomfortable that we left during Communion. IMO lecturing your congregation like that is not very welcoming. In contrast, in college I heard another sermon that focused on being prayerful about it and giving what you feel called to give. That makes more sense to me. I feel like there's a big difference between 1) being what I would call legalistic about it and giving because that's what you're told to do, and 2) giving because it's what you feel right about.

naomikb · January 2012

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[QUOTE]Our current church, no. But we've only been here 6 months and have missed several weekends from traveling. When we moved here we went to another Episcopal Church. That Sunday the sermon was what I would call "fire and brimstone" about tithing and being an example to others. It made me so uncomfortable that we left during Communion. IMO lecturing your congregation like that is not very welcoming. In contrast, in college I heard another sermon that focused on <strong>being prayerful about it and giving what you feel called to give.</strong> That makes more sense to me. I feel like there's a big difference between 1) being what I would call legalistic about it and giving because that's what you're told to do, and 2) giving because it's what you feel right about.
Posted by ochemjenn[/QUOTE]
I agree. That was the focus - just getting people to think and pray about what they're giving, instead of taking the church budget and dividing by the number of congregants. Or writing a cheque for the same amount you did last year.

I get that it is a touchy subject with a lot of people, it was really tough to initiate it in our church and there was a lot of resistance because the bottom line is people do NOT like to talk about money. But the reality is that money is what keeps a church going.

fpaemp2011 · January 2012

Our church doesn't necessarily "preach" about tithing, but as a pastor's wife, our income is fully dependant on the congregtion's giving, and sometimes I wish I could remind people about that when I see the total giving reports in the bulletin.

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