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Alliance for Nonprofit Management
Assemblies of God Enrichment Journal (article)
Association of Fund-Raising Professionals
Christian Grants
Christian Leadership Alliance
Christian Stewardship Network
Crown Financial Ministries
Dan Mirgon & Associates
Enrichment Journal (article)
Funding My Ministry
Ministry Funding Solutions
Ministry Ventures
Urban Ministry
White House Faith-Based & Community Initiatives
Alliance for Nonprofit Management
The Alliance for Nonprofit Management is the professional association of individuals and organizations devoted to improving the management and governance capacity of nonprofits—to assist nonprofits in fulfilling their mission. The Alliance is a learning community that promotes quality in nonprofit capacity building. The Alliance convenes a major annual conference, networks colleagues year-round online, and provides member discounts on books and other publications.
Assemblies of God Enrichment Journal
Getting There From Here: Starting Compassion Ministry in Your Congregation is an article from the Assemblies of God USA quarterly periodical, Enrichment Journal.
http://www.enrichmentjournal.ag.org/200402/200402_064_startcompmin.cfm
Association of Fund-Raising Professionals
The Association of Fundraising Professionals represents more than 30,000 members in 200 chapters throughout the world, working to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education and certification programs. The association fosters development and growth of fundraising professionals and promotes high ethical standards in the fundraising profession.
Christian Grants.com
ChristianGrants.com is a comprehensive and specialized listing of funding opportunities available for Christian programs. Their directory is constantly updated with the latest information and offers much more than just a database, including links to foundation web sites, keyword search capability, sample grant proposals and grant writing tips.
http://www.christiangrants.com
Christian Leadership Alliance
Christian Leadership Alliance is an association that serves more than 8,000 members working in more than 4,500 organizations worldwide. The former Christian Management Association and the former Christian Stewardship Association joined together in April 2008 to create Christian Leadership Alliance—the nation’s leading resource for enhancing the organizational effectiveness of churches and para-church ministries.
http://www.christianleadershipalliance.org
Christian Stewardship Network
The Christian Stewardship Network is an association of stewardship leaders that minister in the local church of Jesus Christ. The organization is a vital leadership network, support system and reservoir of resources to designed serve stewardship leaders and their congregations. Check out the resources section for a number of helpful books, studies, and periodicals.
http://www.christianstewardshipnetwork.com
Crown Financial Ministries
Crown Financial Ministries is the merged organization of Christian Financial Concepts (founded by Larry Burkett in 1976) and Crown Ministries (founded by Howard Dayton in 1985). Crown is a nonprofit organization that teaches God’s biblical principles of finances to people around the world. They teach through an award-winning radio programs, church teaching solutions, newsletter, and products, including workbooks and software.
Dan Mirgon & Associates
Their mission is to help Christian ministries improve how they raise money, manage the ministry, and recruit leaders. Their vision is to see well-funded, well-run, well-governed ministries that glorify God and have great relationships with their donor-investors.
http://www.mirgonconsulting.com
Enrichment Journal (article)
This article, Funding Missions in the Local Church, discusses how a local church’s heart for the lost in its community directly relates to its burden for a lost world. A church that commits to supporting missionaries and praying for the lost around the world will have an increased vision for reaching its immediate surroundings.
http://enrichmentjournal.ag.org/199901/074_funding_missions.cfm
Funding My Ministry
Money for Ministry is a series of one-hour, live web seminars presented by a Christian coach who is not only an authority on funding for nonprofits, but is renowned for sharing the information and inspiration ministries need to increase funding for social services.
http://www.fundingmyministry.com
Ministry Funding Solutions
The mission of MFS is educating, equipping and coaching for successful fundraising. This is done by providing biblical and practical foundations for information, practical training and tools for implementation, and the game plan and encouragement for transformation.
http://www.ministryfundingsolutions.com
Ministry Ventures
Ministry Ventures equips ministries for Christ by creating environments that mature leaders in ministry. They do that by intentionally coaching them on the 5 Best Practices of Prayer, Board of Directors, Ministry Model, Administration, and Fundraising.
http://www.ministryventures.org
Urban Ministry
An article entitled, Getting There from Here: Starting Compassion Ministry in Your Congregation, includes a detailed article from Enrichment Journal on how to fulfill a congregation’s desire for their church to become a vessel for the healing, transforming presence of Christ in their community.
http://www.urbanministry.org/esa/getting-there-here-starting-compassion-ministry-your-congregation
WHITE HOUSE FAITH-BASED & COMMUNITY INITIATIVES
This web site offers information on the U.S. government’s commitment to support and fund faith-based organizations in their efforts to fund community-based social initiatives.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/
