#USMB-Jon Wiebe on Generosity

This is my fourth post from the LEAD ONE event sponsored by Mission USA. Jon Wiebe of the MB Foundation shared on the the topic of, "Maximizing Generosity in Tough Times: A Realignment of Faith and Fundraising." Here are my notes:
  • Tough Times
    • Giving Realities
      • General Population <1%
      • Roman Catholics 1.5%
      • Mainline Denominations 2.8%
      • Evangelicals 4%
    • A Crisis Exists
      • Few seminaries teaching on generosity
      • Pastors avoid it
      • Fundraisers at Christian Organizations are competing
  • 4 Biblical Principles
    1. Urge those who sit as stewards of storehouses to open them rather than hoard them.          (Genesis 41:56-57)
    2. Invite those with a portfolio of assets to sell as asset. (Acts 4:34-37)
    3. Direct the church to send aid to those in need. (2 Corinthians 8-9)
    4. Ask everyone to give sacrificially. (1 Kings 17; Mark 12:41-44; 2 Corinthians 8:1-7)
  • 4 Tools
    • Evaluative Tool
    • Organizational Tool (see 7 steps below)
    • Discipleship Tool
    • Individual Tool
      • 7 Steps
        1. Acknowledge the problem
        2. Agree generosity is a spiritual issue of the heart
        3. Urge the church to lead
        4. Stop using secular practices to manipulate
        5. Differentiate transaction from transformation
        6. Know the road to mature giving
        7. Encourage fundraisers to cooperate

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