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Charitable donors in Canada 2023
How much do Canadians give? Charitable donors in Canada 2023 data from Statistics Canada including age, income and median gifts.
Modelling generosity: Foreign Aid
How can the local church model generosity in a time of mistrust of foreign aid?
Trends in Charitable Giving in Canada and the US
Fewer people make donations. What to do? A short primer on generosity.
Encouraging gifts with no strings attached: Part 2, Bequests
Encouraging generosity with no strings attached. Talking about bequests at church.
Gifts we cannot see: Offering prayers for digital giving
The gifts we cannot see: offering prayers for digital giving like pre-authorized giving and online giving.
Ordinary grace, repeated
A poem about February generosity: is extraordinary grace is just ordinary grace, repeated?
How big is a small church? Canadian numbers
How big is a small church? Canadian data on receipted giving suggests above/below $80,000 in receipted giving might be a helpful metric.
Should board members give? Research from the In Trust Center
Should board members give? A board’s role in fundraising and research on board giving from the In Trust Center for theological education.
“I want my funeral to be here”: Church sustainability
The dangers of seeing a church as “uniquely friendly” become more apparent when members can’t imagine worshipping anywhere else.
