Panel discussions at SATtalks give us a chance to look into some of the big issues that touch on church missions and sustainability. Sometimes we’re just talking about one of the “elephants in the room.” Sometimes we’re trying to bring [...]
We do more than charity. We do opportunity because we believe local men and women are the key to their own solutions out of poverty. Water4 exists to empower local communities to transform themselves and solve their own crisis. We [...]
This is a look at the various organizations represented at the 2015 SATtalks and why it's important to not only have church leaders and ministry partners but donors and people who can help with things like metrics. It's a talk [...]
In this SATtalk Wayne McDaniel shares the transformative power of generosity and how their financial planning business has made generosity part of the DNA of their business. Their commitment to give 5% of their yearly gross revenues to philanthropy has [...]
“You wanna do what?” was a frequent response in the early days at McDaniel Knutson Financial Partners as they talked about the company’s philanthropic giving. Peter Knutson shares the lessons he’s learned and the difference it’s made at their company [...]
“When we understand the dignity of the human person endowed with creative capacity and made in the image of God, it changes absolutely everything about the way we understand charity, missions, development and the poor.” WATCH THE VIDEO… [...]
Churches, along with so many other organizations, individuals and agencies, have begun to understand that much of our well-intended helping has had the unintended consequence of hurting the very people we are trying to help. But what do we do [...]
No one is more critical to the future of missions than the Missions Pastor/Director of the local church. They are the ones who will bring focused leadership to what missions will look like in the 21st Century. Missions 3.0 brings [...]
The strategies and solutions that come with Missions 3.0 include things like job creation, business start-up and homeownership, to name a few. Churches are already beginning to create initiatives around these kinds of initiatives and are discovering they have marketplace [...]
Every day we witness the impact of poverty, injustice, disaster, and disease. Our desire as followers of Christ is to respond with compassion, love, and grace. In recent years, the church has responded in an unprecedented way to the needs [...]