Giving & Fundraising

Giving & Fundraising gathers Christian Standard articles that explore biblical generosity and practical approaches to supporting ministry. Here you’ll find teaching on stewardship, sacrificial giving, church finances, donor communication, and funding mission and outreach efforts with integrity. These articles aim to help individuals give joyfully, and help churches cultivate a culture of generosity—raising support in ways that are transparent, mission-focused, and faithful to the gospel.

May 11, 2008

Christian Standard

Second Thoughts About Mission Giving

By Sam E. Stone As Joan Rivers used to ask, “Can we talk?” We have some issues in Restoration Movement churches that need to be discussed. Many worthy missionaries and church-related organizations who have received generous gifts through the mission giving of local churches are facing serious challenges. Over the years I”ve talked with many missionary leaders around the world. They know more about the subject than I do””but it wouldn”t be prudent for one of them to write this article. You might dismiss their comments by simply declaring, “Well, they have a vested interest in this.” I don”t. But

October 14, 2007

Christian Standard

TRIED & TRUE: Faith-Promise

By Debbie Legg 1962″”10 am Sunday at First Christian Church in Fairfield, Illinois. The worship leader sings from a hymnal, accompanied by a pipe organ and piano. A senior minister, youth minister, secretary, and custodian make up the staff. Average attendance is more than 400. The missions program, with a budget of $7,000, sends support to two missionary families and answers the occasional minor request. But such a budget doesn”t go far. Then minister Robert E. Reeves and the missions committee introduce the idea of a faith-promise conference as a means of supporting missions worldwide. 2007″”same time and place. The

August 15, 2007

Christian Standard

Interview with Mike Prior

By Brad Dupray As president of Financial Planning Ministry (FPM) since 1994, Mike Prior has been assisting Christians with establishing wills and trusts that benefit Christian churches and ministries. FPM has arranged estate gifts for about 630 specific churches and 200 para-church organizations that total about $300 million. Before coming to FPM, Mike was on staff at Central Christian Church in Mesa, Arizona, where he served for five years as the business administrator and five years prior to that in children”s ministry. Mike is a certified specialist in planned giving and an attorney, having earned his juris doctorate from the

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