A variety of resources including curriculum, videos, articles, preaching/teaching materials, and Excel worksheets (1 – 2 hours)
These tools, offered by the Ron Blue Institute, are designed to equip people with an understanding of the four basic arenas where the Bible speaks most about money and money management. (Small group study should include study preparation time and small group meeting.)
A Ron Blue small group Bible study – 6 lessons – video download. (Small group study should include study preparation time and small group meeting.)
The Ramsey+ subscription is an all-access membership to Ramsey’s best money tools, apps and content. It includes access to their online courses, including Financial Peace University, the premium version of EveryDollar, the BabySteps app, PLUS much more. [Note: The Ramsey+ subscription courses cannot be the only resources used for your personal and/or church training goals.]
Learn how to take control of your money. A biblically based course in basic personal finances. (14 hours)
This crash course will help jump start your progress and set you up for success even before you dive into Financial Peace University. (5 hours)
This six-session program provides a Wesleyan approach to the topics of earning, spending, debt, savings, and giving, along with strategies to achieve a sustainable financial life. (Small group study should include study preparation time and small group meeting.)
Video-driven, financial Bible study made up of 7 online self-paced lessons, or DVD/workbook small group study, and preaching materials. (Small group study should include study preparation time and small group meeting.)
10-week small group Bible study on topics such as Spending, Debt, Giving, and more. (Small group study should include study preparation time and small group meeting.)
A 40-day devotional and churchwide stewardship campaign available in more than 50 languages
Download stewardship sermons from the winners of the Stewardship Sermon Scholarship contest. Over a dozen sermons available for use – free of charge. (Time estimate should include preparation and delivery time.)
The Church of the Nazarene has assembled a resource page with current sermons on preaching generosity and stewardship.
This book, by Stan Toler and Elmer Towns, contains insightful principles and proven methods for creating a giving culture in your church and developing biblical stewards of time, talent and treasure. (6 hours)
Book: This story of how one church found abundance in a community of material poverty inspires readers to seek justice in their own local communities and to find abundance and hope all around them. (4.25 hours)
Sermons, bulletin inserts, PowerPoint slides, letters, and Bible lessons for a monthlong church-wide stewardship emphasis. (Need to create a free account. Time estimate should include preparation and delivery time.)
Explore ways that the Church of the Nazarene Foundation can assist your ministry through planned giving or long-term asset investment.