The Generosity Project
Discover a Fresh Approach to Stewardship with The Generosity Project
Talking about money in the church can be challenging—but it doesn’t have to be! The Generosity Project is designed to help pastors reframe the conversation around stewardship, making it more about joy, gratitude, and faith rather than obligation or stress.
This program brings together cohorts of pastors to learn, share, and grow in their leadership around generosity. Whether you’re leading a small rural church, a thriving urban congregation, or something in between, this experience will give you tools to cultivate a culture of generosity—one that can transform both your ministry and your church’s financial well-being.
Please contact Rev. Dr. Robin Stoops, Mission Resource Coordinator, with questions at GenerosityProject@abc-usa.org.
The Generosity Project is a collaborative effort between ABCUSA, regions, and local congregations. The Generosity Project aims to help pastors re-frame the conversation around stewardship and generosity in their congregations. Bi-monthly blogs help support new growth and understanding as we deepen our ministry and discipleship.
Books
The books below will be studied in the next Generosity Project cohort, beginning in fall 2025. Click on the book covers below for a summary of the book’s contents.
Blog Posts
- Learning to Tell Time, Stacy Emerson
- Money Talks, Stacy Emerson
- Telling the Stewardship Story, Stacy Emerson
- The Work of the Stewardship Team, Stacy Emerson
- Mindless Spending, Jill Harvey
- Doing Justice, Loving Mercy, and Walking Humbly With Our God, Stacy Emerson
- Managing Money, Stacy Emerson
- “Planned” Giving, Stacy Emerson
- Stewardship of Time, Stacy Emerson
- Generosity is…More Than Money, Stacy Emerson
- What Are We Saying When We Make an Offering?, Stacy Emerson
- What is your Congregation’s “Why”?, Stacy Emerson
- Stewardship and the Why of Volunteering, Stacy Emerson
- Stewardship is About Conversion, Stacy Emerson
- Generosity is Learned, Stacy Emerson
- Generosity Begins by Knowing Grace, Stacy Emerson
- Generosity is an Attitude, Stacy Emerson
- Stewardship of Space: Thinking Beyond the Sanctuary, Stacy Emerson
- Re-framing the Stewardship Conversation: Stop Talking about the Bills, Stacy Emerson
- Generosity is a Way of Being, Stacy Emerson
- Ways to Say “Thanks,” Stacy Emerson
- When Gift-Giving Isn’t Generous Giving, Jill Harvey
- Stewardship and Sustainability, Stacy Emerson
- Talking About Money . . ., Stacy Emerson
- The Many Faces of Stewardship, Stacy Emerson
- Gratitude, Stacy Emerson
- Millennials & Stewardship, Stacy Emerson
- Re-Imagining the Stewardship Committee, Stacy Emerson
- Whose Money is it Anyway?, Jill Harvey
- Generosity is…Hard to Define, Easy to See, Jill Harvey
- Abundancy or Sufficiency?, Stacy Emerson
- Scarcity or Sufficiency?, Stacy Emerson
- Stewardship of the Pandemic, Stacy Emerson
- Generosity is…Justice, Stacy Emerson
- Money at Church: Watch the Relationships, Margaret Marcuson
- Generosity is…Letting Others Change, Stacy Emerson
- Generosity…is Simplicity, Stacy Emerson
- Transactional or Transformational Giving?, Stacy Emerson
- Generosity…Helps Carry the Load, Stacy Emerson
- Generosity Is…Giving Ourselves to God, Stacy Emerson
- Generosity…Starts Within, Stacy Emerson
- Expressing Gratitude, Stacy Emerson
- Generosity…Helps Others Heal, Stacy Emerson
- Generosity…Looks to the Future, Stacy Emerson
- Church and Money: 5 Important Truths, Margaret Marcuson
- Things Every Pastor Should Know About Money, Margaret Marcuson
- Generosity is…Relational, Stacy Emerson
- Can Money be Holy?, Margaret Marcuson
- Stewards of God’s Mysteries, Stacy Emerson
- Stewards of the Blessing of Time, Stacy Emerson
- Gratitude and Grace, Stacy Emerson
- Letting Go of Fear, Stacy Emerson
- Shifting the Conversation, Stacy Emerson
- How Much Do You Value Generosity?, Marcia Shetler
- Understanding Our Relationship With Money, Marcia Shetler
- Preaching on Stewardship, Stacy Emerson
- What is your why?, Stacy Emerson
- Great Teams Lead to Great Generosity, Marcia Shetler
- Generosity and Faith: The Connecting Thread, Marcia Shetler
- Cultivate Generosity in Your Church by Sharing The Story, Margaret Marcuson
- How to Increase Generosity in your Church: Ask! Margaret Marcuson
- Where You Find Responsible Stewardship You Find Responsive Mission, Lisa Harris-Lee
- Where You Find Great Gratitude You Find Great Generosity, Lisa Harris-Lee
- Seven Things Pastors Must NOT Do in Church Finance, Margaret Marcuson
- Seven Things Pastors Must Do in Church Finance, Margaret Marcuson
- Generosity is Counterintuitive, Steve Bils
- Generosity is Modeled and Mimicked, Steve Bils
Stewardship Webinars
A number of stewardship-related webinars have been produced by ABCUSA’s office of Mission Resource Development to date.
The Generosity Project Presents: A Live Zoom Event with Tod Bolsinger
Beyond the Offering Plate: Stewarding Life and End of Life
Presented by Rev. Dr. Campbell B. Singleton, III
Embracing Stewardship: Looking Through the Lens of Love
Presented by Rev. Dr. Henrietta Carter
Financial Stewardship in Times Like These: What You Can Do
Presented by Rev. Margaret Marcuson
Stewardship of Space: Thinking Beyond the Sanctuary
Presented by Rev. Stacy Emerson and Rev. Julie Flowers
The Generosity Project: Strengthening Stewardship in Times of Struggle
Presented by Rev. Trevor A. Hyde, Jr.
Tech Forum on Stewardship – offered by ABC of New York State
The presentation shared during the webinar can be found here.
Presented by Rev. Stacy Emerson
Living Out God’s Love: 4 TED Talks on Stewardship
The presentation shared during the webinar can be found here.
Presented by Grace Pomroy
Preaching about Giving with Gumption & Grace
Please view this short video here before watching the recording of the webinar, below. (During the recorded webinar a video is shown without audio. )
The presentation shared during the webinar can be found here.
Presented by Rev. Anne Jernberg Scalfaro
The Generosity Project – Money and Your Ministry
Presented by Rev. Margaret Marcuson
Rev. Margaret Marcuson helps ministers do their work without wearing out or burning out, through ministry coaching, presentations and online resources. Find her at margaretmarcuson.com.
These webinars were produced by the office of Mission Resource Development, American Baptist Churches USA. This ministry is made possible because of your generous support of United Mission.