Help Generosity Take Root
Generosity is shaped by what happens all year long—not just during an annual stewardship campaign. How we talk about money and resources, the ways we invite people to give, the stories we tell about what those gifts make possible, and how well we say thank you all help shape a congregation’s culture of generosity.
These resources offer practical ways to make generosity a more intentional part of your congregation’s life and ministry.
Make Giving Easier
Create More Ways to Give
People give differently than they once did. Offering accessible, convenient ways to give helps remove barriers and makes generosity possible wherever people worship, participate, and connect with your congregation.
Why Electronic Giving?
Electronic giving provides members with a simple, consistent way to support your congregation—even when they aren’t in worship. Learn why digital giving has become an important part of congregational stewardship.
Vanco: Online Giving Platform
Give your congregation secure, convenient ways to give online. Through CFG’s partnership with Vanco, congregations can access tools designed specifically for churches and faith communities.
Offering Cards for Electronic Gifts
Help electronic givers participate visibly in the offering. These printable cards provide a tangible way for people who give electronically to take part in this act of worship.
Receiving Gifts of Stock
Gifts of appreciated stock can provide significant benefits to both donors and congregations. Learn what your congregation should know before receiving these gifts.
Invite Generosity
Make the Invitation Matter
An offering is more than a transaction. Every invitation to give is an opportunity to connect generosity with faith, gratitude, and the ministry people make possible together.
Weekly Giving Guide
Bring intentionality to your congregation’s offering throughout the year with practical guidance for making giving a meaningful part of worship and congregational life.
Offering Invitations for Streaming Worship
Giving remains an act of worship even when people participate from somewhere else. Use these ideas to create thoughtful invitations to generosity in online and hybrid worship.
Fundraising Not-So-Secrets
Successful fundraising isn’t mysterious. Explore practical principles that can help your congregation invite support clearly, confidently, and effectively.
The Power of Matching Gifts
A matching gift can create momentum, inspire participation, and multiply generosity. Learn how to use matching opportunities thoughtfully in your congregation.
Practice Gratitude
Don’t Forget to Say Thank You
Generosity deserves more than a receipt. Meaningful gratitude reminds people that their gifts matter, strengthens relationships, and helps create a culture in which generosity is noticed and celebrated.
Saying Thanks
Move beyond the standard acknowledgment letter with practical ideas for thanking people well and showing them what their generosity makes possible.
Generosity Is a Practice of Faith
Generosity is about more than funding the church’s budget. It is one of the ways we respond to God’s generosity, participate in God’s work and way in the world, and practice trusting that what we have can become enough—and even abundance!—when it is shared.
Congregations cultivate generosity when they invite it, make room for it, connect it to meaningful ministry, and celebrate it.
Want to keep the conversation going? Our monthly Stewardship Sessions offer practical ideas, fresh perspectives, and conversation with ministry leaders to help you cultivate generosity throughout the year.