DefyingGravityBreakingFreeFromtheCultureofMore

44.8%ofAmericansgave$041.3%gavelessthan2%76%gaveno4me(ScienceofGenerositySurvey)

• 20%ofChrisBansinUSgave$0toanycharitablepurpose• AverageChrisBaninUSgave2.9%ofincome• 72%ofAmericanChrisBanscontributelessthan2%toanycause• 9.4%ofUSChrisBansgave10%ormoreoftheirincometocharitablecauses(PassingthePlate,Smith)

Why is it so hard for people to be generous?

• Cultural pressures • So many ways to spend • Looking for the good stuff • Worried about the future • Don’t understand the “why” of giving • Haven’t planned for it

TheOrteigPrize

ReneFonck

CharlesLevine

RichardByrd

CharlesLindbergh

GenerosityisaChrisBandiscipleshipissue

• Materialism• Simplicity• Generosity• Lifeasasteward

Discipleship issue

The Reign of God vs. the Reign of Self

Video

Whatisthefirstmemoryyouhaveofjoyfulgenerosity?Whatdidyouenjoy?Whatisyourfirstmemorywhengenerositywasdifficult?Whydidyoufeelthatway?

Becoming Stewards

• Makegenerosityapersonalvalue• Offerthemaworthyinvestmentforgenerosity• IdenBfythecompeBBonforgenerosity• Enablethemtobecomegenerous• Helpthemplantheirgenerosity

Howcanwehelpthem?

Give People an Experience

• Sermons • Book • Small Group Curriculum and videos

Give People an Experience

• Daily Tasks • Clean Out Challenge / Simplify Saturday • Draft a Basic Budget • Estimate a Generosity Goal

3-2-1

• 3itemsyoufoundinteresBng• 2itemsyouwanttocheckout• 1thingyouwilldoinJuly

What is your brand?

• When is your church at its best? • What three words describe your church’s brand? • What brand are people looking for?

• Preachingonthistopic?• HavingconversaBonsaboutthistopic?• Leadingfinancialcampaigns?• FollowingbestpracBces?

Whydon’tpastorslike:

Beware“TheReluctance”

What happens when we teach people about personal financial management and generosity?

• Whatisyourplan?• IdenBfy• Goals• Strategies• Timelines

PlanIt

ManageIt

Investor Confidence

• Offering • Budgeting • Good Reporting • Make it easy to give