Rick Kornmeier, CPA CFP

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Stewardship Vital Signs

• Rick Kornmeier, CPA CFP
• Lane
• Coconut Creek, FL 33066
• Dr. Clarence Hackett
• FBC Stewardship Dept.
• 1-800-226-8584 ext 8152

Leadership is the KEY!
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Web Introduction
This slide show is a presentation slide show that
I use in my church stewardship seminars. The
slides are obviously an outline but if your
church has stewardship concerns they may help you
determine some areas that need further review.
The slides are derived from a booklet available
at the Florida Baptist Convention. The booklet
was written by Clarence Hackett, Stewardship
Director of the Florida Baptist Convention. Call
for a copy of the booklet and if I can come
teach this outline, call me. To advance a slide
or complete the items on a slide left click your
mouse to finish, left click for a menu.
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INTRODUCTION

• Vital Signs of a Churches Stewardship Program
• Healthy Signs Symptoms
• Unhealthy Signs Symptoms
• Programs, procedures and organizational structure
  needed for a HEALTHY church stewardship program

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STEWARDSHIPTHE FIVE TS
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• ALENTS
• REASURES
• ESTIMONY
• ROUBLES

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LETS ADD A SIXTH T
TotALL
Note here we use 3 Ls to show ALL
Thats what we want to emphasize in our churches!
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TOTAL STEWARDSHIP!

• The church and biblical stewardship
• Membership stewardship education
• Church internal stewardship
• The church as a tither
• The family and individual stewardship
• Christian money management
• Estate and gift planning

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Diagnose The Symptoms
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WHY DIAGNOSE THE VITAL SIGNS?

• Church income is decreasing
• Appendix B page 39--Study on church giving
• Appendix A page 38--Annual Church Profile,
  statistics
• Page 21, 2Paragraph Most churches simply do not
  expose their membership to the Christian Doctrine
  of Stewardship. Consequently the percent of
  members income to the local church is declining
  rapidly. In some instances churches need the
  contributions of 5 of the younger generation
  members to replace one of the senior adult
  generation members.

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WHAT DO WE DIAGNOSE?

• The Mission Statement of the Church

The Ministries of the Church
Church Giving Profile Page 17 Chart.
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WHAT DO WE DIAGNOSE?

• Vital Signs
• Page 15 for Unhealthy Vital Signs
• Page 1 for Healthy Vital Signs
• Page 20 The Healthy Church

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UNHEALTHY VITAL SIGNS
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IN DEPTH DIAGNOSES
Stewardship Standard Page 18
Churches Theology of StewardshipPage 12
What Patterns are prevalent in your church?Page
28-29
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DIAGNOSES COMPLETE?

• Sick? Healthy?
• Church Diseases- Page16
• Starvation,
• Space Suffocation
• Leadership strangulation
• Spiritual Frostbite

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DIAGNOSES COMPLETE?

• Sick? Healthy?
• Church Diseases- Page16
• Sterility
• Obesity
• Cataracts

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WRITE DOWN!

• Strengths
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7

• Weaknesses
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7

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DIAGNOSES IS COMPLETE!
The leadership of church should now have a clear
understanding of its healthy and unhealthy
symptoms.
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TOTAL STEWARDSHIP!

• The church and biblical stewardship
• Membership stewardship education
• Church internal stewardship
• The church as a tither
• The family and individual stewardship
• Christian money management
• Estate and gift planning

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OUR CHALLENGE

• Our challenge page 16
• The need to develop your members as faithful
  stewards has never been greater.
• The work of the church is stewardship
• To change--because what we've been doing isn't
  working, is it?

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Change Is Necessary!8 Steps to Create Change

• Establish a Sense of Urgency
• Create the Guiding Coalition
• Develop a Vision and Strategy
• Communicate the Change
• Empower Broad-based Action
• Generate Short-term Wins
• Consolidate Gains and Produce More Change
• Institutionalize New Approaches
• Page 36

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A Framework for a Cure! The Church

• Develop a Stewardship Prayer Emphasis
• Develop or Refine your Overall Mission
• Write That Mission Statement down
• Develop an Overall Vision
• Develop a Series of Goals
• Immediate Short Term Long Term

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A Framework for a Cure! The Church

• Determine the Ministries of the Church
• Develop the Biennial Ministry Budget Page 23
• Develop the Church Stewardship Team Page 30-32
  and separate handout
• Elevate Giving as a Meaningful Act of Worship
  Page 27

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A Framework for a Cure! The Church

• Develop the Year Round Stewardship Program Page
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• Develop the Churches Tithing Program.
• Cooperative and Associational Levels
• Community Giving

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A Framework for a Cure! The Church

• Start the review of the internal church
  accounting structure
• Checks and Balances
• Proper record keeping
• Timely and Informative reports to the members
• IRS and other applicable regulatory agencies.

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A Framework for a Cure! The Church

• Establish Vitality In Church Stewardship
• Prayer
• Pastor Preach Regularly on Stewardship
• Raise Expectation Levels. Leaders must be tithers
• Ask for a New Commitment Each Year
• Teach Stewardship to Members
• Cast the Vision Of Joy
• Challenge MembersNever Apologize for Asking for
  Commitments
• Build a Positive Attitude Toward Future Strength
  Success
• Assure Members that Their Money is Accounted for.

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A Framework for a Cure! The Church

• Other Therapy Steps!
• Regular Testimonies During the Worship Service
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Bulletin Inserts
• Regular Sunday School Lessons
• Dramas
• New Member Training Classes
• Signs
• Ministry Fairs. Pictures in the Hallways or
  Videos
• Annual Stewardship Commitment Banquet

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A Framework for a Cure! The Individual

• Develop the Initial Educational Program
• The Biblical Concepts of Stewardship- As a Sunday
  School Lesson or series. Page 3-11 or the
  separate handout
• Christian Money Management Course
• Estate Stewardship and Deferred Giving Seminar

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They Dont Call It Master Card for Nothing!!
A Framework for a Cure! The Individual

• Each Church Needs a Financial and/or Debt
  Counselor
• Each Church Must Become More Aware of its Members
  Needs

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A Framework for a Cure! The Individual

• Develop the Distinctives of a Christian Steward
  Page 19
• Establish Vitality Page 13 Column 1
• Start to Tithe Commit to it for at Least One
  Year!
• Start to Believe That You Can Get Out of Debt!
• Believe its Possible

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A Framework for a Cure! The Individual

• Quit Worrying About Money
• Start Your Money Education Program
• Start Your Biblical Study of Money, Possessions
  Stewardship

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TOTAL STEWARDSHIP!

• The church and biblical stewardship
• Membership stewardship education
• Church internal stewardship
• The church as a tither
• The family and individual stewardship
• Christian money management
• Estate and gift planning

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Principles to Remember

• Involved Members are Giving Members
• Ministry, More Than Money. The issue is how much
  Ministry is Being Done.
• People Needs and Program Needs. People Give to
  the Needs of People
• More of the Same Does Not Bring Change
• Money Follows Mission Page 25

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Summary Slide

• STEWARDSHIPVITAL SIGNS
• STEWARDSHIPTHE FIVE TS
• TOTAL STEWARDSHIP!
• WHY DIAGNOSE THE VITAL SIGNS?
• WHAT DO WE DIAGNOSE?
• UNHEALTHY VITAL SIGNSWRITE DOWN!
• OUR CHALLENGE

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Summary Slide

• Change Is Necessary!8 Steps to Create Change
• A Framework for a Cure! The Church
• Principles to Remember
• STEWARDSHIPVITAL SIGNS

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Stewardship Vital Signs

• Rick Kornmeier, CPA CFP
• Lane
• Coconut Creek, FL 33066
• Dr. Clarence Hackett
• FBC Stewardship Dept.
• 1-800-226-8584 ext 8152

Leadership is the KEY!