This is the final post in this series on accelerating giving in your church. If you missed the first two posts in this series, click or tap on the links…
This is the final post in this series on creating a culture of radical generosity in your church. If you missed the first two posts in this series, click or…
If you missed the first post in this series on radical generosity in large churches, click or tap on this link to read: How Do You Create a Culture of…
If I were to ask you for an example of the most generous person you’ve ever encountered, no doubt somebody immediately comes to mind who has modeled for you generosity…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird I call it “The Sermon on the Amount.” Everybody knows it’s coming: ”Turn in your Bibles to Malachi.” Veteran Christians can predict that it’s…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird Ron Jones was doing pre-marital counseling with a young couple when it became clear they were on very different pages regarding finances. “He had…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird You never know what happens with couples on those car rides home after a church pastor or other leader has just presented their latest…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird Standard discipleship programs train new believers in the basics of how to study the Bible, pray and share their faith. But there is…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird Growing your church and your people in generosity is important to you and us. That’s why Leadership Network has developed HUB:Generosity for larger churches…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird Generosity expert Jim Sheppard had a question for a church planter during an era when money was a taboo subject in churches. “There had been…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird Campus pastors at multisite churches have plenty of plates to keep spinning. On top of what it takes to start and grow a thriving…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird “Vision casting” is one of those often-nebulous duties on a pastor’s job description that is tough to master. How do you crack the code…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird You’ve realized that having a generosity and stewardship ministry is a major need at your church, but where do you start? When you…
Over the years, our team at Leadership Network has observed that most churches do not have a comprehensive plan to teach biblical generosity and stewardship. And that is a problem….
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird When we talk to people in our churches about money, we usually end up on topics such as budgeting, managing your resources and…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird The problem might stem from a matter of convenience more than anything else. Pastors and ministry leaders—many of them men—find it easy to grab…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird Mobilizing a church toward generosity is a challenge anywhere. But what about in a church where many people struggle financially? How do you move…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird If you’ve ever led a church through a generosity initiative or capital campaign, you have experienced the following scenario. The congregation is fired…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird Growing your church and your people in generosity is important to you—and us. That’s why Leadership Network has developed HUB:Generosity for larger churches who…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird I hear lots of conversations among U.S. church leaders who are trying to unlock the mystery of how to reach and mobilize millennials…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird When Jim Sheppard and I wrote the book, Contagious Generosity, we discovered that generous churches are always led by generous pastors. I don’t think I’ve…
By Chris Willard with Warren Bird It used to be one of the things that church leaders dreaded hearing most from weekend service…
There was a time in American church life when conventional wisdom said to downplay the role of “passing the offering plate.” Scandals involving prominent…
