Helping our congregations to live as good stewards and generous people is a responsibility church leaders should take seriously. Oftentimes, it is a lack of financial education that prevents people from growing in this area of their faith. Thankfully, there are people in our midst, like Stephen Hartley, our guest in today’s episode, who are passionate and willing to provide the education and knowledge our people need. In this episode, we’re talking about a not-well-known tool, a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD), available to seniors that will help them better steward their resources and perhaps increase their generosity.

Stewardship Education, teaching people God's word on money and wealth, is an essential aspect of discipleship that every church should engage in. In this podcast, we talk with Chris Goulard and Dave Briggs about the Stewardship Impact Workshop and why they believe every church leader needs to attend this training. This workshop was explicitly created for church leaders to help them learn the theology of stewardship and generosity and learn how to incorporate a stewardship ministry in their church.

It’s great when you can offer a financial stewardship program that everyone in your church will find relevant and engaging. Freed up, the new 6-week program developed by Good Sense Movement and Crossroads Church is designed to do just that! In this episode of Stewardship Leader, we talk with Kirsten Swartz, the stewardship director at Crossroads, about this new program and the innovative, fun, and engaging way it is impacting congregations.

We have the privilege to present and teach on one of the most important topics we face in our generation. It is the topic of money and possessions and how they impact our daily lives, our relationship with God, and our relationship with each other. Should we not do the very best job possible? In this episode of Stewardship Leader, we discuss the keys to being a better presenter so that your message has a powerful and transformational impact.

With many options for stewardship content out there and more being developed every day, what should you be offering through your stewardship ministry? In this episode of Stewardship Insights, we discuss some content options and give you some insight into how you should be going about choosing the best stewardship content to disciple your people.

If you’ve been married for even a short period of time, you’ve had at least one money fight. What if you could really “get” where your spouse is coming from when it comes to money - and they could “get” you? In this episode of Stewardship Leader, Shaunti Feldhahn talks about her and her husband Jeff’s new book, Thriving In Love & Money, and the research that has led them to the 5 distinct factors that tend to be running beneath the surface of money issues in marriage. Their book and the additional resources they’ve created will prove invaluable as you minister to the couples in your church.

The responsibility of spiritual leaders, especially senior pastors, can be a heavy burden to carry. This weight becomes even more burdensome when people in their churches do not produce good fruit. Wouldn’t it be great to know what causes unfruitfulness in God’s people? In this episode of Stewardship Leader, we’ll discover what Jesus said causes a lack of fruit in the people of God, and what church leaders, especially senior pastors, can do to about it.

Good communication, great content, and more opportunities are things we all want in our ministries. To maximize the opportunities we have we need to plan, execute, learn, and then do it again. What worked in the past most likely won’t work as well in the future. In this episode of Stewardship Leader, we discuss why it’s important to apply creative and innovative ways to share the stewardship message.

Millennials get a bad rap for being self-centered, entitled, lazy, and privileged. I think there may be some truth to that, but what past generation didn't behave similarly at their age? I believe our focus on the negative may have caused us to miss some of the best things about this next generation. In this episode of Stewardship Insights, I'm joined by a millennial to get her perspective and to learn how we, as stewardship leaders, can make a big difference in the lives of this next generation.