Funding Resources for Ministry in Challenging Times

Published on Monday, May 4, 2009

The Lewis Center is offering a resource package from its 2009 Funding Your Congregation's Vision event, Funding Resources for Ministry in Challenging Times. The package includes the plenary presentations by Dr. David McAllister-Wilson, President of Wesley Theological Seminary, and Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Church Leadership and Director of the Lewis Center for Church Leadership.

The package also includes PowerPoint presentations and other materials on the following subjects. It is offered as a two-disc set in both audio and video formats. Learn more...

Video/Audio Presentations

1. From Paying the Bills to Serving God's Vision
   Dr. Lovett H. Weems, Jr.
2. Stewardship is All About Money
   Dr. David McAllister-Wilson

Resources on Other Church Finance Issues

1. Best Practices for Rental Income from Church Facilities
   PowerPoint presentation and outline of key points
2. Establishing an Endowment through Planned Giving
   PowerPoint presentation, outline of key points, and guidelines on When Your Church Receives a Bequest
3. Expanding Ways of Giving Beyond Checks
   PowerPoint presentation, outline of key points, and an article titled New Ways for Church Members to Give
4. Monitoring Giving Throughout the Year More Realistically
   PowerPoint presentation, article titled Monitoring Giving Throughout the Year More Realistically, and two Excel spreadsheets for monitoring giving weekly and monthly
5. Preparing a Spiritual Foundation for Giving
   PowerPoint presentation (can be viewed with prerecorded audio narration or with your own narration using notes provided), outline of key points, and handout on 50 Ways to Encourage Faithful Giving
6. Ways to Increase Annual Commitments from Members
   PowerPoint presentation (can be viewed with prerecorded audio narration or with your own narration using notes provided), outline of key points, sample letters for different types of givers, and handout on 50 Ways to Improve your Annual Commitment Campaign.

The Lewis Center for Church Leadership

The Lewis Center seeks to advance the understanding of Christian leadership and promote the effective and faithful practice of Christian leadership in the church and the world.

The center is building a new vision for church leadership grounded in faith, informed by knowledge, and exercised in effective practice. The center seeks a holistic understanding of leadership that brings together theology and management, scholarship and practice, research and application.

The Lewis Center serves as a resource for clergy and lay leaders, congregations, and denominational leaders. Through teaching, research, publications, and resources, the Lewis Center supports visionary spiritual leaders and addresses those key leadership issues so crucial to the church's faithful witness.