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 […]
Father’s Day Resources 2025
Through your continued partnership, we are blessed to be able to faithfully provide services, ministries, and free resources to Methodist churches, organizations, and individuals. As a small thank you for your continued support of this ministry of generosity, please enjoy these Father’s Day resources. On Father’s day, we are reminded of all the fathers and […]
Should a Pastor Be Able to See Giving? Why or Why Not?
Should a Pastor Be Able to See Giving? Why or Why Not? • May 2025 (Online Webinar) Pastors sometimes face the challenge and internal conviction of whether to “see” or “not see” individual giving. Similarly, church leadership may wrestle with deciding whether their pastor should have visibility of individual contributions. While it may seem like […]
Handling the Church’s Money in a New Day
Handling the Church’s Money in a New Day • June 2025 (Online Webinar) Handling money in the church is getting more complicated. Some of us remember a day when “cash or check” was the only variable once the offering plates were emptied. Donations were recorded on mimeographed counters’ forms, and each household’s donations were recorded […]
What Is the Difference Between Giving and Generosity?
What Is the Difference Between Giving and Generosity? • July 2025 (Online Webinar) The term “generosity” has become increasingly popular among churches, often used as a replacement for the word “giving.” Over time, these words have been treated as interchangeable, but they are quite different. “Giving” and “generosity” carry distinct meanings, and using each in […]
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