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David Crittenden Director of Stewardship Communication & Funds Development

David Crittenden Director of Stewardship Communication & Funds Development. Stewardship is for Everyone. Eastern Oklahoma Presbytery. Who Am I?. Employment history Call to Financial Discipleship My money story. Who Are You?. Individual Christians Church members Presbyters. Who Are You?.

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David Crittenden Director of Stewardship Communication & Funds Development

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  1. David CrittendenDirector of StewardshipCommunication & Funds Development Stewardship is for Everyone Eastern Oklahoma Presbytery

  2. Who Am I? • Employment history • Call to Financial Discipleship • My money story

  3. Who Are You? • Individual Christians • Church members • Presbyters

  4. Who Are You? • Givers • As individuals • As a session • As a presbytery • Receivers • As individuals • As a session • As a presbytery

  5. What is Stewardship? • What do you think it means? • One “official” definition • Our focus for this meeting

  6. People have money and they continue to give. Religion is just no longer their charity of choice! J. Clif Christopher

  7. People of faith are generous givers. Note: N=29,233. SOURCE: SCCBS Source: Arthur C. Brooks, “Who Really Cares,” Basic Books, 2006, p. 192

  8. Religious giving is facing increasing competition Source: NCCS database by the Urban Institute

  9. Giving to congregations as a percent of income 1925 = 3.5% 1960 = 3.1% 1995 = 2.4% 2001 = 2.7% 2003 = 2.3% Source: The empty tomb, inc, Champaign, Illinois

  10. Fact Sheet on Religious Giving • One out of five American Christians — 20% — give nothing to church, para-church or nonreligious charities. • The majority of American Christians give very little to church, para-church or nonreligious charities. • The top 5% of givers among American Christians give 59.6% of all charitable dollars. • In 1998, the mean or average Protestant household contributed $1,803.75 to charity. In 1998 the median Protestant household contributed $224 to charity. Source: Christian Smith & Michael Emerson, “Passing the Plate,” Oxford, 2008.

  11. Giving to Denominations

  12. 2009 Congregational Economic Impact Study Confirmed: Source: 2009 Congregational Economic Impact Study conducted by Alban Institute and Lake Institute on Faith & Giving at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University Weekly church attendance matters. Size of congregation matters. Age of congregants matters. Income of congregants matters. Location matters. Dependence on endowments matters.

  13. The Paradigm Shift in Religious Giving The Old ParadigmThe Emerging Paradigm Moral Obligation Theology of Duty Institution Centered Institutions are to be Trusted Institutions are Autonomous Budgets are Need-Driven Financial Focus is Insular Giving is a Contribution Fundraising is Raising Money Incomes Sources are Limited The Gift as an End to Philanthropy Different from Business Donor Cultivation Theology of Grace Donor Centered Institutional Trust must be Earned Donors are Collaborative Partners Giving is Value-Driven Financial Focus is Global Giving is Creating Change Fundraising is Nurturing Generosity Income Sources are Diverse The Gift as a Means to Philanthropy Embraces Business Principles & Practices

  14. Giving is Relational The relationship between the Giver: ...and God ...and the Congregation ...and the Religious Leader ...and the Denomination ...and the Wider World

  15. Money is part of our faith Journey Fund raising is not a response to a crisis; it is a form of ministry! Henri Nouwen

  16. More Nouwen Asking people for money is giving them the opportunity to put their resources at the disposal of the Kingdom. God’s Kingdom is the place of abundance where every generous act . . . becomes part . . . of God at work in the world. Henri Nouwen

  17. Biblical Foundations • Genesis 1:1-2, 26 • Psalm 24 • Acts 2:42-47 • 2 Corinthians 9:6-8

  18. Stewardship Theology • Creation and all that is in it is God’s and it is good • We live out our faith and our response to God in community • We are children of God Listen  Thank  Tell  Ask 

  19. Stewardship Theology • God’s promises are trustworthy and true • God has and will abundantly provide for us • Stewardship is about receiving and giving

  20. What is our response? • Joyfully receiving • I Corinthians 11:24-25 • Recognize the good that is already yours • Work to accept forgiveness

  21. What is our response? • Generosity • a movement of the soul that erupts when you recognize your direct connection to another soul • Nedivut verses Tzedakah • “I give to you because your need is my need, your suffering is my suffering. I feel one with you and respond as freely as if for myself.”

  22. We still need to ask By most measures it is difficult to give to the congregation, the presbytery and the General Assembly Mission Council Most of us don’t know the many Presbyterian ways we can find an outlet for our generosity because no one has asked us about our willingness to share or told us the impact our gifts have

  23. How we ask is important Pay-the-bills congregations frame religious giving in mostly unspiritual terms as necessary to keep the doors open. Share-the-vision congregations tend to connect and integrate money and spirituality. Peter Mundey

  24. How we ask is important • Supply Side: The Inclination Model - Focus is on the individual and his/her passions. - Potential donor is guided through a process of discernment. - Goal: to inspire the donor’s imagination. - Result: establishment of a relationship. • Demand Side: The Scolding Model - Focus is on the case or need. - Presentation is intended to awaken a sense of obligation or duty. - Goal: guilt, via psychological or spiritual inducements, awakens donor - Result: contribution is secured.

  25. How can your church/presbytery help? • Remember individuals are giving “through” the church not “to” the church – they are looking for ways to make an impact on the transformation of the world • provide multiple ways and opportunities to share locally, regionally and nationally • Ask for support of a vision – not a budget

  26. How can the church/presbytery help? • Provide Stewardship Education • Make Stewardship in general and financial discipleship in particular a part of many sermons year round • Encouraged members to share how their faith impacts their financial decisions and how their financial decisions witness to their faith. • Make Stewardship and financial discipleship themed book studies for adults and stewardship classes for children an integral part of the Christian education plan

  27. How can your church/presbytery help? • Model Stewardship as pastor and church leader • Share your financial discipleship journey • Commit to education as a student and a leader • Commit to personal generosity as a lifestyle • Commit to building the community, caring for creation, and receiving God’s grace

  28. How can your church/presbytery help? • Model stewardship corporately (as a church/presbytery) • Make decisions that reflect how you would like individual members to respond • Make practicing financial discipleship a priority for the whole faith community individually and corporately

  29. How can your church/presbytery help? Share a commitment to stewardship • Use abundance language • Celebrate the impact we have together for the furthering of the Kingdom • Give permission and encourage faith/money dialogues in every group in which you participate

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