What is Holistic Stewardship?

January 2, 2012 | Stewardship

At the 2007 Christian Stewardship Association conference in Dallas I spoke about “holistic stewardship” and many people asked me how I defined the term. To me, holistic stewardship begins with God’s intention for His creation and His gracious decision to create humanity in God’s image. It is built further on...

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Managing the Relationship Between the Board Chair, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Development Officer

January 2, 2012 | Leadership

The effectiveness of most every ministry relies on the health and quality of the relationship between the Board Chair, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Development Officer.  Raising the funds needed to sustain and advance a ministry is, in its best configuration, a team effort involving all three people....

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Accountability for All the Wrong Reasons

January 2, 2012 | Stewardship

Most all Christians would agree that accountability is important to the process of growing as disciples of Jesus Christ. We seek accountability for ourselves and we agree to hold others accountable for the sake of spiritual development and public witness. In this way, true accountability is an integral part of...

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How Does a Steward Pray?

January 1, 2012 | Stewardship

As God’s people we are called to be people of prayer. We are also called to live as godly stewards. And there is a powerful integration of these two callings, a rich interconnectedness that can ignite both a deeper prayer life and more passionate pursuit of godly stewardship. Scripture gives...

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Stewardship

January 1, 2012 | Stewardship

As Evangelicals our theological heritage and commitment to Biblical authority uniquely equip us to develop and practice a rich, holistic and uncompromising theology of stewardship. The goal of this chapter is to look at six evangelical theological convictions that form a theology of stewardship, namely a christocentric epistemology, the Trinity,...

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