Pastor’s Innovative Stewardship Toolkit Guarantees Increased Church Giving
Pastors are learning to be comfortable – and successful – talking to their congregations about giving to their churches with Dr. Rod Rogers’ “Dynamic Giving Toolkit.” His stewardship program, recently published in a toolkit package of CDs, sample taped sermons and manual, has been field-tested across the world and is now available to pastors everywhere.
Tacoma, WA (PRWEB via PR Web Direct)
April 5, 2005 –- Even though tithing has been declining for several years and
churches everywhere are hurting financially, pastors hate to talk about money.
A new stewardship toolkit for pastors called the “Dynamic Giving
Toolkit,” however, is giving men and women of the cloth some practical help in
the area of financial stewardship. It also guarantees pastors that they can
increase their congregation’s church giving by at least 10 percent in just five
weeks, or their money will be returned.
The “Dynamic Giving Toolkit: How
to Increase Your Church’s Giving 10 to 30% in 5 Weeks, Guaranteed,” is a
practical, step-by-step guide for pastors of all faiths. It includes
instructions on audio CD and in a 215-page manual as well as a complete
four-sermon stewardship series on cassette. The toolkit equips ministers to talk
about giving biblically, sensitively and confidently, without using pressure or
guilt, says Dr. Rod Rogers.
“Pastors can then stop worrying about church
bills, meeting the budget, dealing with debt and feeling defeated and helpless
in the face of inadequate or declining giving,” he says.
Dr. Rogers, D.
Min., who started and pastored an Evangelical Free Church in Denver, Colo., for
15 years, is the creator of the Dynamic Giving Toolkit, available online at http://www.dynamicgivingtoolkit.com. Its program has helped
more than 900 churches worldwide increase their weekly giving up to 300
percent.
“Nothing I taught my people as a pastor in 15 years transformed
their lives as much as my teaching on biblical stewardship,” said Dr. Rogers,
who resigned his pulpit three years ago to devote himself to “preaching” about
the Dynamic Giving System, which he created and trademarked.
“It got
people out of debt, improved their income, reduced marital arguments about
money, brought moms home to raise their kids, and deepened their relationship
with God,” he said. “My people told me over and over again that the most helpful
truths I ever taught them were about giving. They couldn’t thank me
enough.”
Dr. Rogers said pastors who use the time-saving instructions and
ready-to-use sermons and letters in his multimedia toolkit typically see
increases in giving of 10- to 30-percent each year. “For example, if a church
received $100,000 in general offerings last year, its pastor can confidently
anticipate a $10,000 to $30,000 giving increase the first year and more than
$10,000 each year thereafter,” Dr. Rogers said.
Pastor Rick Ensrud of the
Brooklyn Park Evangelical Free Church in Minnesota agreed. "The first year we
applied your stewardship teaching,” Ensrud told Dr. Rogers, “our offerings
increased 30 percent, almost $2,000 per week. We use your program every year and
our weekly giving increases about 10 percent per year. Our church's per capita
giving is now half again the national average.”
“International churches
may anticipate even much more astounding results,” Rogers said.
Indeed,
Bob Gilliam, president of T-Net International, said the Dynamic Giving System
has worked wonders overseas with his international church training organization.
“In the Philippines, the results have blown us away,” Gilliam said. “Almost
every pastor doubled the weekly giving in their church, and some almost tripled
their weekly giving. In Zambia, Gilliam added, virtually all the pastors who
used Dr. Rogers’ Dynamic Giving System saw increases in giving of more than 100
percent.
The toolkit’s availability comes at a time when only 15 percent
of pastors nationwide say they have been equipped by their denomination or
seminary to teach biblical stewardship principles.
Those same pastors
faced a 62 percent decline in tithing the year after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror
attacks on America, according to the Barna Research Group, and tithing increased
only a little the following year.
Dr. Rogers, a member of the Society
for Advancement of Consulting, is a visiting lecturer of Pastoral Theology at
New Geneva Theological Seminary in Colorado Springs, Colo., and adjunct
professor of New Testament and Practical Ministries at Rocky Mountain Bible
College & Seminary in Denver. He was also founding president and a professor
at The Pastors' Seminary in Denver.
For more information about the
Dynamic Giving System, go to http://www.dynamicgiving.com
Contact:
Rod Rogers,
D.Min.
Leaderskills International, Inc.
President and Creator of The
Dynamic Giving System(tm)
Phone/Fax: 253-853-4023
http://www.dynamicgiving.com
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Source : http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/4/prweb224734.htm