Select a Response Method

How do you decide which stewardship method or program to use for the annual congregational response program? Often the decision is formed by delaying a decision rather than by planning. Put yourself in a proactive planning position rather than falling into a reactive mode.

10 Stewardship Principles

As baptized members of the body of Christ, we gratefully confess Jesus as our Lord and Savior. We boldly proclaim the gospel as the Word of God. We clearly recognize the gifts that God has first given us through grace, and w joyfully accept our role and responsibility as stewards. These ten principles provide a foundation for the life of a faithful and generous steward.

What Your Mission Support
Dollars Do

A brief overview of how your mission support dollars are at work in the Western Iowa Synod.

Mission Moments

See various ways that Mission Support dollars from congregations work in the Western Iowa Synod and through our ELCA churchwide ministries.

Stories of Faith in Action 2010

   This resource shows how God's work is
   being done through mission support --
   the gifts your congregation shares with
   the synod and the ELCA churchwide
   organization.

   Each individual story in Stories of Faith
   in Action 200 will be available online
   soon as a bulletin insert for
   congregations to print and copy. Take a
   look: see how God is at work in the
   daily lives of 4.8 million members of this
   church!

Where Your Offering Goes

How Are My Mission Support Dollars Used?

ELCA Stewardship Resources

Stewardship Resources from Luther Seminary

Print Resources to Order:

Eugene Grimm, Generous People

Charles Lane, Ask, Tell, Thank

Mark Allen Powell, Giving to God

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