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Interviews [3]
1. Calvin O. Pressley on the Financing of Historic Black Churches
2. Jackson W. Carroll on Pastoral Leadership
3. Patrick McNamara on Stewardship for Catholics and Protestants
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Products [52]
1. A Clouded Future: Advancing North American Worlds Missions
2. An American Practice of Giving: A Neglected Strand in American Church History
3. An Analysis of Catholic Sacrificial Giving Programs in Seattle, Washington
4. An Estimate of Catholic Household Contributions to the Sunday Offertory Collection during 1991
5. Behind the Stained Glass Windows: Money Dynamics in the Church
6. Changing Channels: A Guide to Financing Christian Broadcast Ministries
7. Choosing to Live: Financing the Future of Religious Body Headquarters
8. Conference on the Future of Catholic Schools
9. Congregational vs. Denominational Giving: An Analysis of Giving Patterns in the Presbyterian Church in the United States and the Reformed Church in America
10. Congregational Vs. Denominational Giving: An Analysis of Giving Patterns in the Presbyterian Church in the United States and the Reformed Church in America
11. Correlates of Religious Giving in Six Protestant Denominations
12. Costs of Professional Parish Leadership: A Cross-Denominational Study
13. Determinants of Religious Giving in American Denominations: Data from Two Nationwide Surveys
14. Determinants of Religious Giving in Urban Presbyterian Congregations
15. Economic and Attitudinal Factors in Catholic and Protestant Religious Giving
16. Empirical Cash Flow Distributions Revisited: An Information Technology Application to Short-term Financial Management
17. Faith and Money: A Bibliography
18. Faith Communities Today: A Report on Religion in the United States Today
19. Final Report: Portability of Pension Benefits for Diocesan Lay Employees
20. From Belief to Commitment: The Community Service Activities and Finances of Religious Congregations in the United States
21. From Candy Sales to Committed Donors: A Guide to Financing Christian Schools
22. From Soup and a Sermon to Mega-Mission: A Guide to Financing Rescue Missions
23. Giving Trends in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
24. Helping the Hurting: A Guide to Financing Christian Social Service Ministries
25. Inside Outreach: A Guide to Financing Christian Outreach Ministries
26. Just Wages and Benefits for Lay and Religious Church Employees: A Final Report, 1990.
27. Just Wages and Benefits for Lay and Religious Church Employees: A Summary Report, 1990
28. Money Matters: Personal Giving in American Churches
29. Passing on the Land: Farm and Ranch Estate Planning Options to Benefit You, Your Church, and Your Community
30. Passing the Plate in Affluent Churches: Why Some Members Give More than Others
31. Paying Peter and/or Paul: Church Finances and Congregational Vitality
32. Relationship of Parish Characteristics to Sunday Giving Among Catholics in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
33. Religious Resources and Church Growth
34. Show Me the Money: Funding the Reformed Church in America
35. Skewness Explained: A Rational Choice Model of Religious Giving
36. Social Sources of Family Contributions: Giving Patterns in the Reformed Church in America
37. Social Sources of Family Contributions: Giving Patterns in the Reformed Church in America
38. Survey of Endowed Presbyterian Churches
39. The Catholic Philanthropic Tradition in America
40. The Cost of Catholic Parishes and Schools
41. The Organizational Revolution: Presbyterians and American Denominationalism
42. The Problem of Understanding Church Giving
43. The Receipts and Benevolences of Presbyterian Congregations, 1973-1988
44. The Reluctant Steward: A Report and Commentary on The Stewardship and Development Study
45. The State of Church Giving through 1990
46. The State of Church Giving through 1991
47. The State of Church Giving through 1992
48. The State of Church Giving through 1993
49. Toward Shaping the Agenda: A Study of Catholic Religious Education/Catechesis
50. Why Give?: Stewardship: A Documentary History of One Strand in American Protestant Teachings about Giving (1825-1985)
51. Working Capital Management in the Nonprofit Sector
52. Working in the Catholic Church: An Attitudinal Survey
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Projects [35]
1. Analysis of attitudes of employees of the Catholic Church
2. Collection of Baseline Data from Congregations
3. Conference on Congregational Financing
4. Faith Communities Today (Cooperative Congregational Studies Project)
5. Financing of Selected American Protestant Para-church Religious Institutions
6. Historical Examination of the Funding of North American Evangelical Religion
7. History of Economic Support for American Religion
8. Investigation of the Structure of Theological Education
9. National Survey of Finances and Activities of Congregations
10. Public contributions of city churches
11. Publication and Conference on Stewardship
12. Research on Church Financing
13. Research on Faith and Money
14. Research on Faith and Stewardship in American Culture
15. Research on Fund-raising as a Christian Ministry
16. Research on Lay Ministry Compensation
17. Research on Religious and Economic Beliefs and Values in American Society
18. Research on Religious Giving
19. Research on Stewardship Education
20. Research on the Cost of Operating American Catholic Parishes and Schools
21. Research on the Economics of American Religion
22. Research on the Financing of American Religion
23. Research Project on the Financing of African-American Churches
24. Stewardship Attitudes Research Project
25. Strategic Information for Theological Schools
26. Study of Diocesan Funding in the Episcopal Church
27. Study of Lay and Religious Parish Ministry
28. Study of Organizational Goals and Financial Management in Religious Organizations
29. Study of Portability of Pension Benefits for Lay Employees
30. Study of Stewardship Churches
31. Study of the Feasibility of Research on Clergy Compensation
32. Study of the Post-War Economic Behavior of Presbyterian Congregations
33. Study on Congregational Giving
34. Survey of Characteristics of Endowed Presbyterian Churches
35. Understanding the Determinants of Religious Giving
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Research Articles [3]
1. A Pastor's Perspective on the Financing of American Religion
2. Financing American Religion
3. The Poor Parson: Seminary Student Indebtedness and What Can Be Done About It
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Newsletters [2]
1. Initiatives in Religion: Summer, 1995 [vol. 4, no. 3]
2. InSites into American Religion: May, 2005 [vol. 2, no. 2]
Related Books [4]
1. Behind the Stained Glass Windows: Money Dynamics in the Church
2. The Catholic Philanthropic Tradition in America
3. The Cost of Catholic Parishes and Schools
4. The Organizational Revolution: Presbyterians and American Denominationalism
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