Publications

We are pleased to offer publication designed to help you and your church better understand and prepare for your financial future. It is our desire to make available tools that help you get the most from the financial resources now while also planning for your future.

Year-End Giving –
Don't Let It Pass You By

Our annual Year-End Giving brochure is designed to share the advantages of giving to non-profit organizations before the year ends. There are three versions of the brochure available — one that can be distriuted through email or linked as a download from your website, and one that is ready to send off to your local printer for hi-quality reproduction, and one that can be printed on your office printer. There is no charge for this brochure.

10 Ways to Use Life Insurance
for Planned Giving

learn how your life insurance can benefit your church

The average family owns more than $25,000 of life insurance, yet little of this money ever finds its way into the church because few people are aware the opportunity even exists. This pamphlet offers practical information about using insurance for charitable giving.
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All About Charitable Remainder Trust

answers to questions about a generous way to benefit your family and favorite ministries

Practical insight and answers to questions about
this generous opportunity that can benefit family and favorite ministries. A charitable remainder trust can provide income to you and/or other income beneficiaries for life or a period of up to 20 years. This pamphlet helps readers understand the benefits of having a charitable remainder trust.
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Gift That Gives Back

answers to your questions about charitable gift annuities

This pamphlet will help readers discover a great opportunity to help the church or other ministry while providing a simple, guaranteed source of income. Gift annuities deliver competitive rates without the necessity for complicated investment strategies.
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Giving

Growing Joyful Stewards in Your Congregation

Each issue of Giving is designed to help leaders and givers grow in the grace one finds in being generous toward God. In addition to providing cutting-edge stewardship articles, this journal outlines a basic annual financial campaign, "New Love, New Mercy: The Spiritual and Stewardship Discipline of Repentance." This program is suitable for the Lenten season and for fall campaigns. Includes a planning schedule, suggested timeline (with scripture references), sample giving cards, bulletin inserts and letters of invitation.

Miracle Sunday

a focused one-day capital campaign
strategy for your church

Dr. Wayne C. Barrett, CFP ®

Discover an intensive fund-raising campaign culminating in a major offering received on one day, known as “Miracle Sunday.” This booklet outlines the entire process from beginning to end, including a communication strategy and timeline that you can use to implement your own "Miracle Sunday" fund-raising event at your church. This approach is especially helpful during tough economic times.

Secrets of Effective Giving in Small
and Medium Sized Churches DVD

This short DVD effectively highlights how the small church is different, but can still be successful.

A Stewardship Education DVD

Includes the “Ten Commandments of Commitment Campaigns” by Wayne Barrett, CFT (58:58 min) & “Encouraging the Joy of Generous Giving” by David S. Bell (48:08 min)

The Thoughtful Christian's Guide to Investing Church Funds

Dr. Wayne C. Barrett, CFP ®

This resource provides valuable ideas to help understand the risks and returns of investing church endowments, memorial funds, building funds, parsonage sale proceeds and many more investment challenges..

Use Your Will Power!

connecting your faith, values, and legacy

This pamphlet is filled with helpful information about incorporating faith and values into estate planning. This valuable tool will help readers know how to exercise their "will power" to include provision for church and ministry organizations within a will.
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Where It's At

a survivors’ guide to the location and
distribution of personal property

This is a helpful resource everyone should have.The easy fill-in-the-blank process will lead you through identifying everything from the location of your will to contact information for insurance and investments, and even preferences regarding your funeral.This booklet will help to ensure that your loved-ones have the information they need to carry out your wishes upon your death.