A newsletter from North American Division Stewardship Ministries
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Stewardship of Self-discipline
Someone once said that self-discipline happens when your conscience tells you to do something and you don’t talk back. We are in a great struggle for self-mastery (Romans 7:15–20). The secret to s…
"I preached for six months on how Jesus gave all."
Malcolm Douglas, a pastor in Arizona, shares a case study of teaching Stewardship to one of his churches which, when he arrived, was in significant financial woes. Now, five years later, church giving…
A Blessed Symposium and Convention
I am very grateful for the invitation by NAD Stewardship Ministries to be one of the mentees for the 2023 Generosity Symposium at Greensboro, North Carolina. Though all this while I kind of knew what…
A Tool to Increase Giving Capacity for Ministry
A NEW STEWARDSHIP TOOL Even if your church is well-attended each week and you’re receiving more tithe and offerings than the previous year, it’s likely you don’t have all the funds you need to impa…
Avoiding the Great Depression
Almost 100 years ago, the economy of the United States experienced arguably its greatest financial drought ever, known as the Great Depression. There was a lack of money, food, resources, and jobs. B…
Balancing Budgets with Assets
How can we help the poor in our communities? Like you, I’ve attended my fair share of classes and read books about financial management and how to live on a budget. If people could just tell the d…
Can tithe be used to repair church buildings?
Ask the Coach Q: My church experienced a catastrophic event that damaged our church building. We asked our conference for help since they own the building, but they said no. Can we keep tithe in or…
Do people in their 30's need to plan for retirement?
Ask the Coach Q: I’m in my thirties and people are asking me what I’m doing to plan for retirement. I think I’m too young! Am I? Is there something I should be doing? A: You are never too young…
Ellen White and Stewardship
Have you wondered what Ellen White thought about stewardship? Read as Dwain Esmond, associate director of the Ellen G. White® Estate, Inc. gives an example of stewardship from Ellen White’s life.
Five Tips for a Debt Free Christmas
We all want a joyful family gathering but sometimes we go overboard and it hits our bank account hard. Here are five tips so you too can say “bah humbug” to bankruptcy.
God Works Through Failures
I consider it an honor and a privilege to have been elected Associate Director for the Stewardship Department at the North American Division. It is a testament to the grace and power of God to take…
God’s Key to Abundance for You and Your Church
Are these your church problems? Too many offerings, too much promotion during the worship hour? A few members carrying the load? Lack of money for church programs (such as the conference program, chur…
Hope Channel Presents The Mysterious Note
The Mysterious Note will have its Hope Channel premiere April 4, 2022 at 4:30 PM EST. This film will broadcast on DirecTV 368 and the Hope Channel website. The Mysterious Note is a feature f…
How Can a Mission-Focused Stewardship Plan Help Church Leaders and Members Refocus?
Summary This article results from research dealing with how a mission-focused stewardship plan can help church leaders and members refocus. The underlying goal is to sensitize one's conscience to…
How to Afford College
Ask the Coach Question: I want to go to college, but tuition is so expensive. Do you have any ideas on how I can afford college? Answer: First, let me say that I applaud your desire to go to col…
Investing 101
Ask the Coach Question: A friend of mine is really good at investing and has told me that I need to invest in order to have enough money in retirement. I’ve never invested before. How do I start?…
Knowledge, Commitment, and Transformation— the Making of a Faithful Steward
As Christians, we have the opportunity to listen to sermons, read books, or attend seminars on topics like stewardship. These stewardship materials encourage us to put into practice the principles le…
Leaning in to Stewardship
As a millennial, I don’t take things at face value. Skepticism is very much a part of my DNA. Appeals based on historical precedent or past performance are only as good as the real value they show…
More Than Money
I believe that most of us have the concept of stewardship wrong. If you’re like me, stewardship has been all about what we must give up in order to be good stewards. This reared its head several years…
Practical Stewardship – Everyday Millionaires
“You’ve been lied to,” states Chris Hogan, author of Everyday Millionaires. Lies? About what? He postulates that we’ve been told lies about millionaires: who they are, how they act, and how they go…
Practical Stewardship – Personal Giving Plan
When sharing in my Sabbath School one day about what I do during my devotional time in the mornings, I shared how I have a special chair in my bedroom and while there I read, pray, sing, look out the…
Revolutionary Generosity Symposium 2023
Training is key for the growth of all institutions. The North American Division (NAD) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church went beyond expectations when all of the leaders of the conferences, unions an…
Should I Tithe on My Social Security Income?
Ask the Coach Question: I’m retired, and someone told me that I need to pay tithe on my social security income. Is that true? Answer: Well, yes and no! When a person pays in to social securit…
Sleepless in High School
Breaking the rules is a part of every teenager’s life. When it came time for my rebellion, I wanted to break rules, but only in a way that would keep me out of trouble. Little did I know the trouble I…
Stewardship Marginalized
Happy New Year! 2021 ignites new hope. 2020 was tough and thrust us into a new normal with COVID-19. Vaccines distributed, millions scheduled to be inoculated, political unrest, sounds like an introd…
Stewardship Sabbath November 3
If you go to /stewardship-sabbath, you will find a sermon, children’s story, and PowerPoint for use on that Sabbath—or any other Sabbath, for that matter. Written by Pastor Karl Haffner, Of Assets a…
Stewardship, Revolutionary Generosity & Life Management
When we hear or think of the word “Stewardship,” we should not cringe, hide our wallets or purses. In its presentation, and maybe not intentionally, the idea and focus of stewardship has become trans…
Tithes and Offerings: The Vehicles that Move the Gospel
We are drawn by Jesus’ love to serve in His army. As this love relationship begins, our first active-duty assignment is to, “Go and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). Not just to our nei…
Trusting God's Plan
Our faith will only increase when we commit to God and allow Him to control our lives, jobs, finances, relationships, families, and plans. A few days before we left the United States for our four-w…
We're All In!
In early April, a diverse group of people converged on the North American Division office for a two-day working session on stewardship. That may not sound exciting to you, but let me assure you, it wa…
What is Stewardship to You?
One of our five core values at the Southern California Conference is stewardship. We have defined it in the following way: Stewardship: We are spiritual contributors not spiritual…
Your Family and Godly Time Management
Have you ever heard the expression, “time is money?” It’s not true. During a Charlie Rose interview,[1] the billionaire Bill Gates, along with Warren Buffet, drove home the point that time is the only…