If you want to raise more revenue, more quickly and easily, you owe it to yourself - and those you minister to - to examine the practical advice and solid information presented in this book. Written for pastors, diocesan staff, development directors, stewardship committees, and anyone else whose job includes generating income.
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Chuck Zech is a professor of economics at Villanova University where he has taught since 1974. He also serves as the Director of The Center for the Study of Church Management at Villanova. He received his B.A. in Economics from St. Thomas University (MN) and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Notre Dame University. He is the author or co-author of over 75 books and articles, including Money Matters: Personal Giving in American Churches; Plain Talk About Churches and Money; Why Catholics Don't Give...And What Can Be Done About It; The Parish Management Handbook; Lay Ministers and Their Spiritual Practices; Listening to the People of God: Closing, Rebuilding, and Revitalizing Parishes; Best Practices in Parish Stewardship; and most recently Best Practices of Catholic Pastoral and Finance Councils. He is a regular presenter at the Annual Conference of the International Catholic Stewardship Council (ICSC) and at diocesan and parish stewardship days around the country. In 2008 the ICSC awarded him "The Christian Stewardship Award". He has served as a consultant to a number of U.S. Catholic parishes and dioceses. He is the father of four grown children and lives in a Philadelphia suburb with his wife Ann, an economics professor at St. Joseph's University.
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Catholics contribute less money to their churches than do members of nearly every other major U.S. religion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
parish financial matters, serious financial needs, religious contributions, stewardship message, religious giving, parish size, parish decisions, parish budget, parish programs, parish finances, household contributions, cohort average, parish leadership, unjust social structures, generational cohort, lay pastor, parish activities, stewardship programs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Catholics contribute less money to their churches than do members of nearly every other major U.S. religion. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
parish financial matters, serious financial needs, religious contributions, stewardship message, religious giving, parish size, parish decisions, parish budget, parish programs, parish finances, household contributions, cohort average, parish leadership, unjust social structures, generational cohort, lay pastor, parish activities, stewardship programs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Assemblies of God, Southern Baptists, Money Matters, United States, Andrew Greeley, Dean Hoge, Review of Religious Research, John Knox, Kansas City, National Survey, American Churches, Catholic University, Culture Two Catholics, Financial Contributions, National Catholic Reporter, Personal Giving, Sunday Mass New!
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- Money Matters: Personal Giving in American Churches by Dean R. Hoge on page 34, page 47, and page 61
- Common Ground by Monica Williams on page 21, and page 128
- The Search for Common Ground: What Unites and Divides Catholic Americans by James D. Davidson on page 47, and page 128
- Common Ground by Gerald Williams on page 21, and page 128
- Church and Denominational Growth by David A. Roozen on page 114
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