There is no cost to attend the conference, which offers both online and in-person options.
Stewardship Ministry
‘Bring Giving Home’: Stewardship workshops offered to districts
The workshops provide an opportunity for both pastors and lay leaders to learn strategies for approaching stewardship in the Christian congregation.
Iowa District West hosts ‘More Than Giving’ stewardship conference
Open to both pastors and laity, the event is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Aug. 16–17, at Camp Okoboji in Milford, Iowa.
Stewardship devotional emphasizes ‘Simple Gifts’
The new resource from LCMS Stewardship Ministry is now available for free download.
BNM updated on licensed lay deacons, stewardship and rural ministry
The LCMS Board for National Mission met Feb. 21–22 in St. Louis.
Two DOXOLOGY ‘More Than Giving’ workshops set for fall
DOXOLOGY, The Lutheran Center for Spiritual Care and Counsel, is partnering with the LCMS Office of National Mission to present two opportunities this fall to attend a conference on stewardship.
LCMS Stewardship releases free Bible study
The eight-session study focuses on both financial and other kinds of stewardship.
Synod releases eight-part ‘Stewardship Basics’ Bible study
“Stewardship Basics,” a new eight-part Bible study from LCMS Stewardship Ministry, is available at no charge to help congregations start a discussion of whole-life stewardship.
Stewardship conference set for June 9-10
LCMS Stewardship Coordinator Rev. Heath Curtis (left) and Assistant Coordinator Rev. Nathan Meador will lead the “More Than Giving” conference.
Reversing the LCMS membership decline: not just by having more children
LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison comments on two major demographic studies about the Synod.
Special mission journal explores LCMS membership decline
Demographic reports in this special December “Journal of Lutheran Mission” explain the main reasons behind the decline and offer suggestions for reversing the trend.
Wulf on LCMS 2016 fiscal year: ‘Nervous and cautious’
When donors get nervous about the future of the economy or changing societal norms, donated resources decline overall.
The Chief Steward: A Manual on Pastoral Leadership
The Chief Steward was written by stewardship counselor J.E. Herrmann in the 1950s.
Photo essay: Hispanic spirit in ‘Dairyland’
In his quest to reach Mexicans far from the border, Missionary-at-Large and Vicar David Blas shares his faith throughout Sheboygan County, Wis.
BNM meeting includes calls for strengthening Lutheran families
The Feb. 12-13 meeting of the LCMS Board for National Mission includes reports on Millennials and steady declines in Synod membership.
Stewardship Under the Cross: Stewardship for the Confessional Lutheran Parish
Stewardship Under the Cross: Stewardship for the Confessional Lutheran Parish was written by the Rev. Heath Curtis, the coordinator of LCMS Stewardship Ministry.