How to create a narrative budget
Spiritual Resources

How to create a narrative budget

Here are some steps to help your congregation tell of its ministry.
Connecting money to ministry
Spiritual Resources

Connecting money to ministry

Narrative budgets tell about God’s work through the congregation.
Extending an invitation to church
Voices of Faith

Extending an invitation to church

The world has yearnings, and our churches can answer some of them.
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Faith in Action

4 resolutions for financial well-being in your congregation

The start of a new year is a wonderful opportunity to pause, think about the year ahead and resolve to make some changes. If you’re focusing on your faith community,…
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Voices of Faith

Anticipating ‘The Force Awakens’

But my more profound joy is in the sacred Christmas story. 
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Faith in Action

Youth celebrate ‘bold’ women in their lives

Bold Women’s Day, observed on the fourth Sunday in February by Women of the ELCA, celebrates Lutheran women who are boldly living their faith in Jesus Christ. Members of All…
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Mission & Ministry

Food for body and soul

Hometown bakery builds community, one loaf at a time
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Faith in Action

‘Gifts for Jesus’

Members of St. George Lutheran Church, Edinburgh, Ind., for years celebrated the gifts of the magi every Epiphany by offering their own gifts. Called “Gifts for Jesus,” members were invited…
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Faith in Action

Megachurch growing

A satellite site of Lutheran Church of Hope, West Des Moines, Iowa, moved this October to a new building in Waukee, Iowa. The ELCA congregation continues to experience rapid growth…