Patrick H. McNamara, More Than Money: Portraits of Transformative Stewardship (Money, Faith, and Lifestyle Series). Alban Institute, 1999.
Referenced in: Giving and Financial Stewardship
LifeandLeadership.com Summary
This is the story of 11 churches of several different Protestant “stripes” that have successfully increased stewardship and generosity among their members. The special value of this book is the inspiration and creativity it will provide, showing how churches that operate from a model of God’s abundance rather than man’s scarcity can begin unfolding a range of ministry possibilities never seen before. This is part of Alban Institute’s Money, Faith, and Lifestyle Series. Other books in the series include:
- Creating Congregations of Generous People
- Generous Saints
- Ministry and Money
- Plain Talk About Churches and Money
From the Publisher
Is stewardship past its prime as a motivating vision for ministry? A social scientist, McNamara tells the stories of eleven mainline congregations in which stewardship is the animating force that has transformed them into vital centers for mission. Church leaders who question whether stewardship education is worthwhile will be encouraged and inspired by these accounts of promising practices. Foreword by M. Douglas Meeks, author of God the Economist.
About the Author
Patrick McNamara is emeritus professor of sociology at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and past president of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. His publications include Plain Talk about Churches and Money (with Dean R. Hoge and Charles Zech; Money, Faith, and Lifestyle Series, 1977); Money Matters: Personal Giving in American Churches (with Dean R. Hoge, Michael Donahue, and Charles Zech; 1966); Religion North American Style (edited with Thomas Dowdy, 1996); and Conscience First, Tradition Second: A Study of Young Catholics (1992).
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