WCA Good Sense Ministry

Lack of training, absence of helpful resources, low self confidence, and concern over congregational reaction to talking about money are some of the barriers preventing pastors from addressing the topic of stewardship. These same factors can also be obstacles to casting a compelling vision for a Good Sense ministry, gaining leadership support and raising up a team of volunteers. The following tools are designed to help overcome these barriers.

This 15-minute video is an excellent tool for casting a vision for a biblically based stewardship ministry to staff and key volunteers in the local church. It identifies the dilemma that biblical financial stewardship encounters in today's culture, reinforces the importance for this essential ministry area and develops a picture for the life of individuals and a local church when biblical stewardship is a normative core value. It includes testimonies from those whose lives have been changed through the Good $ense Ministry.

This video is available in the Good $ense Ministry Kit and can be purchased separately online or by phoning the Willow Creek Association at 800.570.9812.

This document provides a brief overview for the Good $ense Movement, information about the movement's foundational tool "the Good $ense Ministry Kit" and support during and after implementation. It is helpful information for understanding the movement and ministry and can be used to communicate with others. The brochure is available as an Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF (2pgs, 360KB) and as a MS Word document (2pgs, 85KB).

If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your system, you can download it for free by clicking here.

This 26-slide presentation is intended to explain the Stewardship Dilemma faced by today's local church to staff and volunteer leadership. It also provides some information about Willow Creek Community Church's approach to this dilemma and describes the materials and support now available to the local church through the Good $ense Ministry Movement. Access by clicking here.

If you do not have PowerPoint installed on your system, you can still view this PowerPoint presentation with the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer. It can be downloaded for free by clicking here.