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Alternatives for Simple Living

"Equips people of faith to challenge consumerism, live justly and celebrate responsibly." Encourages celebrations that reflect conscientious ways of living. Provides a catalogue of resources, special resources for Lent and Advent/Christmas, educational resources for voluntary simplicity, a network of speakers and workshop leaders.

Au Sable Institute

Ecumenical Christian environmental stewardship institute endeavoring to bring healing and wholeness to the whole of Creation. Provides courses for college students, environmental education for school children and adults, retreats and conferences, and educational outreach services for churches and the wider world community.

Bible on Money

"Both Old and New Testaments teach generosity as a way of life for God's redeemed people—not as a rote duty but as a joyful response to God's saving grace." This page from the Generous Giving website lists several key verses from Scripture on stewardship, and offers helpful commentary.

Churches' Center for Land and People

Ecumenical organization that brings together churches, groups, and individuals to strengthen rural life and ministry in Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois. Fosters unity and hope in a spirit of renewal, earth stewardship, justice, and shared commitment. They serve as a voice for rural perspectives and concerns in our churches and society.

Eco-Justice Ministries

Ecumenical Christian organization that helps to bring "an Eco-Justice theological perspective into the life and ministry of churches." They provide congregational resources in the following dimensions: worship, education, pastoral care, administration, outreach, fellowship & community.

Ecumenical Stewardship Center

In response to God's call, the mission of the Ecumenical Stewardship Center is to serve Christian denominations, institutions, organizations and congregations in developing creative and vital stewardship ministries.

Faith at Work

Empowering people to explore, discern and act on their many gifts and calls in the complexity of their daily lives for the good of God's world. Magazine, resources, events and trainings provide experiences of hearing call; tools for discerning call; and trainings for organizations wanting to provide systems and structures to support call.

Faith in Place

Seeks to engage religious congregations in the Chicago Region around issues of long term environmental stewardship and sustainability, in partnership with Center for Neighborhood Technology. Facilitates a variety of projects locally in Chicago region.

Generous Giving

This site implores the visitor, "Imagine a REVOLUTION…a revolution of GENEROSITY." Among its resources are pages about stewardship and the arts, "common excuses" for not giving, statistics and trends, and many others.

Interfaith Works

Integrates environmental stewardship with community outreach, partnering with religious organizations to help members connect their faith, their community and the environment. Offers a curriculum which explores connections between faith, religious spaces and our environment. Also offers renewable power purchasing guidance.

Ministry of Money

Ecumenical ministry "that encourages all persons to become free from their attachment to cultural values regarding money and to live out joyfully God's call for their lives and resources." Organize and facilitate Money & Faith retreats, study circles, "pilgrimages of reverse mission." Offers a sub-group for women exploring issues of money.

Stewardship of Life Institute (S.O.L.I.)

The Stewardship of Life Institute, founded in 1994, is headquartered at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Pa. The Institute's mission is to serve stewardship in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America through its seminaries.

Web of Creation

Eco-justice is an important part of stewardship. The Web of Creation was established to foster the movement for personal and social transformation to a just and sustainable world from religious perspectives. This site offers ideas, resources, inspiration, support and strategies for doing eco-justice.

ELCA Stewardship

The stewardship site for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Provides information on getting started, teaching stewardship, financial response method, fundraising, mission interpretation, the Stewardship Key Leader program, broad stewardship education, and year-round stewardship communication. Also offers resources in Spanish.

The Tithing and Stewardship Foundation

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