Resources
MMFA Resources are here to help clergy, trustees and elders, stewardship leaders, individuals, groups, and communicators better communicate with congregations and fellowships. If you have any questions about the information here, please call us during office hours.
Looking for resources to help you develop the essential areas of stewardship? Visit each section below for valuable ideas, samples, downloads, and more!
Four Stewardship
Essentials
1. Theology
- Small Group Study Guide: Small groups are a great way to educate and form generous stewards. This resource shares 21 different scripture passages for study, including a discussion guide and a printable page for recording answers.
- Stewardship Scripture
- Qualities of a Christian Steward: A Christian steward is someone who is compassionate, content, generous, grateful, loving, loyal, obedient, prayerful, responsible, sacrificial, shares, and trustworthy, as outlined in the document (with scripture references).
2. leadership
- Committee Guide 2024: Suggestions for stewardship leaders in a church focusing on education, communication, and celebration of gifts, as well as assessing and improving stewardship ministry.
- Questions for Stewardship Leaders: What is stewardship and why is it important to your church or faith community?
- Financial Transparency Tips discusses tips for organizations to focus on the mission and ministry of the congregation when discussing money, and avoid reinforcing a scarcity mindset.
3. mission & vision
Mission Statement Assessment: Guide for evaluating a church’s mission statement based on seven criteria, as well as providing questions and steps for developing and implementing a mission statement.
4. whole life focus
- Stewardship One-Liners & Quotes: An easy way to provide stewardship food for thought in emails, newsletters, bulletins, prayer, and more.
- Suggested Stewardship Readings: List of suggested reading materials and helpful websites related to stewardship and church leadership.
- Best Practices for Whole Life Stewardship: Best practices for developing a holistic and whole-life stewardship ministry that focuses on nurturing faithful and generous disciples all year long.
Creation Stewardship
- Theology of the Earth: Scripture about creation and what it means for us as stewards.
- Stewardship of Creation: Statements from documents of the Moravian Church in America.
- Stewardship of Creation Activities: Ways to include caring for creation in your ministry.
Financial Stewardship
- Appeal Letter Tips help you incorporate time-tested best practices and effective phrases into your appeal letters.
- Pledging FAQs questions about making a financial commitment that are critical to answer in church communications.
- Financial Transparency Tips discusses tips for organizations to focus on the mission and ministry of the congregation when discussing money, and avoid reinforcing a scarcity mindset.
Gift Resources
Looking for assistance with wills, powers of attorney, or our Moravian Giving Portal?
Access resources below or contact our office during business hours.
INDIVIDUAL DONORS & INVESTORS
MMFA is proud to partner with PlannedGiving.com to provide an online legal document preparation tool called Legacy Planner™. This tool is capable of generating wills, powers of attorney, and other legal documents. It also includes instructions on notarizing and correctly filing the documents in your state. In addition to the legacy planning tool, our planned giving resources provide individuals with helpful hints and examples around generous giving now and in the future.
Legacy Planner Tool
- Claim the MMFA Will Planning Guide here
- See individual donor stories here
- Learn more about giving and donating here
- View our Charitable Donation and Tax Deduction Overview document here. This matrix shows each type of asset, the income tax deduction, capital gain considerations, effective date of gift, valuation, and substantiation required.
- FAQs about the Moravian Giving Portal
Donation grid
Investment Management
We’re your partner for savvy investment management and administration. Moravian individuals, congregations, and ministries all benefit from the combined power and economies of scale available through pooled investment solutions.
Learn more about Pooled Investment & The Common Fund here:
