The Shepherd’s Fund: Medical Expenses for Retired Clergy • November 2025 (Online Webinar) The Shepherd’s Fund was established by a generous donor to bless retired Methodist clergy and their spouses, widows, and widowers who have faithfully served Christ and His Church. The Shepherd’s Fund provides private financial assistance when a medical or life stage crisis […]
Strategies for Nurturing a Culture of Generosity
Strategies for Nurturing a Culture of Generosity • October 2025 (Online Webinar) What practical steps can help your congregation enhance giving? At this webinar, Lovett H. Weems, Jr. and Ann A. Michel, authors of “Generosity, Stewardship and Abundance: A Transformational Guide to Church Finance” will share best practices for cultivating generosity and encouraging long-time members […]
What Defines a Major Donor and What Do We Do with Them?
What Defines a Major Donor and What Do We Do with Them? • September 2025 (Online Webinar) Who are the major donors for your ministry? Most non-profit organizations know and can clearly define what a major donor is for their context. However, in the work Chris and Broderick have done as Generis consultants, they have […]
Generosity Matters | Spring/Summer 2025 Newsletter
Leveraging Church Property Can Sustain Your Mission Churches give great attention to how they spend their money to support their mission. Likewise, churches should consider their land and buildings as shared assets of the community of faith to be used to the maximum for the mission. The most obvious use of a church’s property is […]
Leveraging Church Property Can Sustain Your Mission
Churches give great attention to how they spend their money to support their mission. Likewise, churches should consider their land and buildings as shared assets of the community of faith to be used to the maximum for the mission. The most obvious use of a church’s property is for worship, education, fellowship, and community service. […]
Navigating Financial Challenges: Strategies for Sustainable Church Funding
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the Lord Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.” Malachi 3:10 Working closely […]
Upcoming 2025 Game Changing Leadership Webinars
Learn more and register for 2025 Foundation Game Changing Leadership webinars! Game Changing Leadership events focus on a variety of financial topics and needs within the church, including, but not limited to, fostering a generous culture, developing financial leadership skills, developing and implementing planned giving/legacy giving, and improving personal and church financial health. Each event […]
Foundation Booths at Montgomery & Pensacola Conferences
Thank you for coming to see us at our display table at the 2025 Annual Conferences in Montgomery and Pensacola! We had a great time forming new relationships, catching up with friends, talking about our services and upcoming webinars, and sharing our ministry of generosity with you! Congratulations to our giveaway winners as well! What […]
Spring 2025 Foundation Board Meeting
Our Board of Directors meetings are such a great chance to connect with leadership, celebrate the work of the Foundation across Alabama and Florida, and talk about current and future Foundation ministries and services. Our Board met in May at First UMC Dothan for the annual Spring meeting. We were able to recognize both Laureen […]
Schedule a Foundation Workshop & Speaker
Did you know that the Foundation can send a representative to speak to your church about a variety of topics and Foundation services? The Foundation offers financial workshops for individuals and churches in order to help create a culture of generosity. These workshops are provided as a ministry and are free of charge. Generosity workshops […]
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