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Other Links
Below are more links that may be of interest to stewardship leaders.
Alternatives for Simple Living
Alternatives is a non-profit organization that equips people of faith to challenge consumerism, live justly, and celebrate responsibly.
Center for a New American Dream
The Center for a New American Dream helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social justice.
Commercial Alert
Commercial Alert's mission is to keep the commercial culture within its proper sphere, and to prevent it from exploiting children and subverting the higher values of family, community, environmental integrity, and democracy.
Current and Deferred Giving Newsletters
These newsletters are published by the General Board of Global Ministries. Topics addressed include wills, living memorials, life income gifts, and more.
Current and Deferred Giving Program: Financial Planning for Caring Christians
This site is a courtesy of the General Board of Global Ministries.
Debt-Proof Living
Debt-Proof Living (formerly Cheapskate Monthly) was founded in 1992 by Mary Hunt. What began as a newsletter to encourage and empower people to break free from the bondage of consumer debt has grown into a huge community of ordinary people who have achieved remarkable success in their quest to effectively manage their money and stay out of debt.
Design For Ministry
Design For Ministry uses process consultation to assist ministry organizations with stewardship ministries and capacity building activities. Their experts reflect broad experience and a commitment to focusing on stewardship best practices. All their consultants and partners hold a common commitment to consulting as a process that strengthens organizations.
Earth Care and Stewardship of Creation
Christian and other faith-based websites (also listing of other major conservation and conservation education websites).
General Board of Church & Society
The General Board of Church & Society relates the gospel of Jesus Christ to the members of the church and to the persons and structures of the communities and world in which they live. It seeks to bring the whole of human life, activities, possessions, use of resources, and community and world relationships into conformity with the will of God.
Global Rich List
An online source for calculating an individual's position of wealth in the world based on figures from the World Bank Development Research Group.
Independent Sector
Independent Sector is committed to strengthening, empowering, and partnering with nonprofit and philanthropic organizations in their work on behalf of the public good. Its membership includes nonprofit organizations, foundations, and corporate philanthropy programs.
Land Stewardship Guide: Rooted in God's Word and Lands (pdf)
This resource for study, worship, and action on land stewardship was developed by the National Council of Church's Public Land Stewardship Initiative.
Ministry of Money
Ministry of Money is a loving, prophetic Christian ministry that encourages all persons to become free from their attachment to cultural values regarding money and to live out joyfully God's call for their lives and resources.
Parish Publishing
Parish Publishing is the religious educational publisher of Stewardship, a monthly publication that has been used successfully by thousands of churches for more than 40 years. It stimulates a better understanding of true giving of one's time, talents and abilities, as well as financial resources. The editorial is written each month by pastors and experienced laypeople. Churches use the publication primarily as an insert in the bulletin or newsletter.
Partners for Sacred Spaces
Partners for Sacred Spaces is the only national, non-sectarian, non-profit organization dedicated to the sound stewardship and active community use of America's older religious properties. They provide assistance to the people who care for sacred places, while promoting a new understanding of how these places sustain communities.
Perspectives
Perspectives is an online blog focusing on leadership and stewardship. The featured entries strive to strengthen the vitality and generosity of faith-based communities across North America.
Potential Sources for Religious Grants
Churches are seeking grants and other funding sources to underwrite the cost of specific ministries. This bibliography lists internet sites that are helpful in navigating the sometimes confusing world of grant writing.
Share-Save-Spend with Nathan Dungan
Having a balanced and values-centered approach to financial matters means aligning what you care about with how you use your money. While this sounds simple enough, it becomes seriously complicated by the compounding pressure on young people to spend, spend, spend, and to reach for an upscale lifestyle. This site helps people of all ages develop and maintain healthy financial habits and offers advice on creating financial values based on the Share-Save-Spend approach to money.
The Tithing Foundation
The Tithing Foundation promotes the practice of proportionate giving, leading to and beyond the tithe, thereby encouraging spiritual growth in the sharing of time, talent, and treasure.
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