Online Tools Personalize Gift Benefits With the help of planned giving vendor PG Calc, WELS Foundation has updated its website with online tools to help users personalize the benefits of different giving options: The Explore Gift Options tool walks the user through several questions to help them find the best gift for their personal situation. […]
Practical Ways to Encourage Giving “If you want to counter the trend of donors giving less, do two things when your donor gives: Thank them, and thank them again and again. Provide proof that their gift made a difference. Believe me, donors who are appreciated and shown that they are making a difference will be […]
Let’s Not Play at Stewardship “‘Appreciation for divine mercy cannot take the price of redemption for granted; neither can it regard the purpose of redemption as a hobby. That heart will not play at stewardship’ (Robert Hochmuth, Initiated into the Secret of Enduring Prosperity [1965 essay], p. 4). If we really believe this, our commitment […]
WELS Publishes 2016 Statistical Report WELS’ 2016 Statistical Report is available online, and in print through Northwestern Publishing House. The report provides membership, ministry, education, and offerings data on congregations as well as reports on institutional ministry, ordinations and installations of pastors and teachers, and world missions statistics. Some highlights of the report include: 1,207 […]
New Stewardship Program WELS Ministry of Christian Giving has published a new stewardship program, Joyful Generosity, for congregations to use in 2017 and 2018 (due to the expected heavy focus on the Reformation’s 500th anniversary this year). The program includes six weeks of worship and Bible study materials as well as 21 personal devotions. “The […]