The old “Grow One” Step Chart has been around for a long time. A number of churches have distributed a chart similar to this one during their pledge card or stewardship drive. The Step Chart actually was very convicting to me and led me to start tithing. The Step Chart is great for personally conviction, but not a great for assessing the success of growing generous givers.
When working with churches that are struggling financially, I developed a tool based on the Step Chart to help see if their people were growing or shrinking or staying the same in their giving. This is a tool to convict church leaders that they have an income problem…a generosity problem…and not an expense problem. This can also be a tool to provide comfort if you are growing generous givers, but the finances are still tight. Here’s how:
Useful Links
- Stewardship Resources (Step Chart included): https://www.dakotasumc.org/finance-and-benefits/finance/stewardship-resources
- Excel Analysis of Giving: https://www.dakotasumc.org/media/files/old/00/Conference/Finance/StewResrces/Change_Giving_Analysis.xlsx
- New Consecration Sunday: https://www.abingdonpress.com/product/9780687644377/
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