Stewardship Ministry helps congregations grow in their understanding and implementation of a life of stewardship.
LCMS Stewardship Ministry addresses our cultural understanding of the word “gift,” which involves a change of ownership and warns that using it to talk about stewardship may lead to confusion, especially in the Christmas season.
LCMS Stewardship Ministry addresses the importance of utilizing opportunities to teach stewardship year-round.
LCMS Stewardship Ministry addresses the importance of encouraging congregations in their role as stewards of the Gospel.
LCMS Stewardship Ministry addresses how teaching history and stewardship are occasions for repentance and rejoicing.
LCMS Stewardship Ministry addresses how the first half of 2020 has been both the best of times and the worst of times.
LCMS Stewardship Ministry addresses the future of passing the offering plate during worship services. This tradition certainly will be one of many short-term casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic.
So what are we to do if the passing of the plate becomes a long-term casualty of COVID-19? The key is formation.
LCMS Stewardship Ministry addresses how stewarding the Gospel after COVID-19 will be different than it was before. Going back to the way things have always been done really isn’t possible.
LCMS Stewardship Ministry addresses the fact that stewardship always relates to the trust we have in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The church has not been called to sit silently during these days of challenge. The church proclaims what it has always proclaimed: the Word of God.
What percentage of my income (including this stimulus check) should be directed to the Lord’s work in my congregation? How is the Lord calling me to be generous in this situation?
Those who have been blessed materially have been blessed by the Lord to be a blessing, especially in a time of crisis such as the coronavirus pandemic.
Especially during the coronavirus pandemic, congregations should demonstrate good stewardship of the gifts the Lord has given them.
LCMS Stewardship Ministry addresses the recurring question of the theology of electronic giving. It can certainly be used for God’s glory, but it also can be abused.
LCMS Stewardship Ministry offers a reminder that the Lord uses every gift that He has entrusted to His stewards and knits them together into a beautiful tapestry of Gospel ministry.