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Getting Started - First Steps in Creating an Endowment Program

• Elements of A Successful Church Endowment Program

• Permanent Funds Ministry (possible activities)

• Permanent Funds Ministry (template)

• Spending Endowment Funds: A Case Study

• Suggestions For Encouraging Planned Gifts

• Why Have an Endowment Policy?

Video

Catch The Vision is an 11-minute video, produced by PEER, which tells how several churches have used permanent funds to generate income for greater ministry or to fund planned maintenance. It is an excellent way to open a finance/stewardship/endowment committee meeting. If you would like a free copy simply email or call us and we will send it to you promptly.

Sample Endowment Policies

We have created links to a variety of endowment policies as examples of what other congregations have done. If you have a suggestion or a ready-made link, please let us know.

• First Presbyterian Church, Sharon PA

• Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City NY

• Westminster Presbyterian Church, Wilmington DE

Presbyterian Foundation IRA Bulletin Insert - 2007
(Click on the thumbnail to see an enlarged version. Please contact the Foundation at 800.858.6127 to order free copies.)

Sample Brochures (Click on the thumbnail to see an enlarged version.)

Stewardship Sermons 

•  Choosing Jesus in a Starbucks World by Rev. Karl Travis (Dallas 2008 Stewardship Conference)

• Having The Faith to Have A Vision by Dr. Stuart Broberg RealAudio file (Washington DC 2000 conference)

• Homily by Dr. Theodore J. Wardlaw (Atlanta 2002 conference)

•  Life in Full by Dr. Todd B. Jones

• The Secret of Buried Treasure by Rev. J.C. Austin

• Spirit of Abundance / Spirit of Scarcity by Dr. Stuart Broberg

Articles & Presentations

• The Art of Tithing Halloween Candy

• The Birthday Fund

• Case Studies and How to Use Them

• The Challenge: Why Not You? Why Not Now? by Loren Mead (Washington DC 2005 conference)

• Creating a Commonwealth: The History, Theology, and Ethics of Church Endowments by Dr. James Hudnut-Beumler

• Creating Legacies by Dr. Robert Bohl (Pittsburgh 2004 conference)

• Endowment Pros and Cons by Dr. Robert Bohl RealAudio file

• Executive Summary PEER Network Survey of Endowed Presbyterian Churches

• Fishbowl Trustees Meeting: A Case Study

• "Fund" or "Foundation" by Dan C. Mohn

• Giving Away Everything Now or a Great Deal More Later

• Guide to Selected Resources about Christian Styles of Giving by Dr. Robert Wood Lynn

• Hope Church: A Case Study

•  Illustration of Total Return Investment Policy

• Material History of American Religion Project  (Lilly Endowment) directed by James Hudnut-Beumler

• Model for Using Income from Endowment

• The Money in the Milk Can: The Purposes and Uses of Church Endowments by Barbara G. Wheeler (Wilmington 1991 conference)

• The Question Jesus Never Answered by William Enright (Pittsburgh 2004 conference)

• Questions to Ask About a Church's Endowment Program by Dr. Robert Bohl

• What to Do With the Income from Permanent Funds

• Whose Money Is It? by The Reverend Philip Elmore