Rabbi Adam Miller explains how his congregation moved from a dues to a pledging model by focusing on the importance of relationships.
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Lake Institute’s Resource Library collects and curates a wide range of resources that can help deepen understanding and practice at the intersection of faith and giving.
Search by keywords or browse by themes to find current research, leadership insights, inspiring stories, discernment guides, theological reflection, and more.
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The Faithful Generosity Story Shelf highlights congregations and other religious organizations who have sought to use their assets and resources in creative—and sometimes surprising—ways as an expression of faithful giving.
The Center for the Church and the Black Experience and Lake Institute on Faith & Giving were proud to co-host the 2025 Symposium on Philanthropy and the Black Church. Focused on faith communities in the Black Church, the event united leaders across sectors to build trust, foster strategic partnerships, and reimagine philanthropy through the lens of faith, legacy, and mutual respect.
Erica Dollhopf, Ph.D., Meredith McNabb, and Dr. Carlos Perkins explore the newest data on religious giving and share key insights from the Giving USA 2025 report.
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This guide will help grandparents explore Jewish identity, family traditions, values and charitable giving by allowing them to pass on their wisdom as grandparents, L’dor Vador, from generation to generation.
Aimée Laramore, MBA shares how sacred listening can help us create a new culture of generosity.
Melissa Spas explores how some faith communities have gotten organized to support one another in the midst of crisis.
Mark DeYmaz, author of The Coming Revolution in Church Economics: Why Tithes and Offerings Are No Longer Enough and What You Can Do About It, sits down with Horizons CEO, Joe Park, to talk about his new book.
Rev. Andrew Warner, the United Church of Christ's Generosity Outreach Officer, has created a video series of stewardship resources for your church's annual giving campaign.
Rev. Bruce Barkhauer shares how a Christian pastor might preach on the hope of stewardship.
Rev. Dr. Sidney Williams writes that fishing differently requires a collaborative investment in faith and intellectual, social, and human capital -- not just finding different ways to ask the same people for more money.
Tim Schuster identifies three keys to how a generation approaches finances, values, and everything in between.
David P. King, Ph.D. pulls from the Christian scriptures to highlight the gritty hope and generosity required of us today.
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