Stewardship advocates
Learn how a stewardship advocate can contribute to your congregation. Advocates are volunteers who work with your pastor and other leaders to support your church’s stewardship ministry.
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Advocate role
Role highlights
Role description and guidebook
As an advocate, you help your church and its attenders to integrate faith with financial decisions. You encourage and inspire your faith community toward greater understanding and practice of biblical stewardship.
The stewardship advocate ministry role description
Stewardship education
Find resources to inspire your church to understand and practice living out faith values in financial decisions.
We recommend books, curriculum, seminars and more for pastors, church leaders, adults and youth. Find free materials to download at Stewardship education.
We recommend books, curriculum, seminars and more for pastors, church leaders, adults and youth. Find free materials to download at Stewardship education.
Sharing Fund
Through Sharing Fund matching grants, Everence works with advocates to help their faith communities help people in financial need. Learn more.
Questions?
Email sharingfund@everence.com.
If your church would like counsel on its benevolence ministry, read Creating and managing a benevolence fund.
Communication and promotion
Use many resources to communicate and promote stewardship within your church.
Download resources below. If you have a special request, contact your stewardship consultant (below).
Advocate Update
Keep informed! Read recent issues of the quarterly Advocate Update.Spring l Summer l Fall l Winter
Current bulletin announcements
Sign up for email version: Email Everence with "Subscribe to Electronic Advocate Update” in the subject line. In the email, include your name, church's name, city and state, and email address.
Quarterly reports
Track your efforts on the Advocate Quarterly Report.
Complete your report and track your progress at My Everence.
Or download the quarterly report.
Need help?
Review How to fill out your quarterly report. If you have technical questions about My Everence, contact: webhelp@everence.com or (800) 348-7468 ext. 3300.
Star recognition program
Everence offers a star advocate program to recognize and thank you for your efforts each year.
Advocate recognition
Guía de reconocimiento del promotor y el acceso de los Fondos Igualables
Contact your stewardship consultant
Everence consultants around the country can help you choose an advocate. They also support advocates in their stewardship ministry roles. Their names are listed at right.
Stewardship consultants
National – Steve Bustos, Rhoda Blough, Jim Smith
Congregaciones Hispanas/Spanish-speaking congregations - Martin Navarro
Harrisonburg (Va.)– Lana Miller
Kansas and Oklahoma – Mitch Stutzman
Central Penn (Pa.) – Kevin Nofziger
Church relations representative - Lynette Morales
Michiana (Ind./Mich.) – Marlene Kroeker
Northeast Ohio – Bruce Breckbill
Northwestern U.S. - Colin Saxton
Philadelphia - Natalie Martinez
Souderton (Pa.) – Randy Nyce
Upper Midwest – Lyle Miller
Services and resources
Everence offers many services and resources to your congregation. Learn more about what's available here.
Download resources below or contact your Stewardship Consultant (above) for copies.
Stewardship ministry resources: A church's stewardship ministry is a year-round process. Use these resources to understand what is working well in your church, and what might use more attention.
Stewardship ministry wheel introduction
Stewardship ministry assessment tool
Stewardship ministry, thanking donors
MAP (My annual plan): A simple chart to keep track of your activities as you do them to make filling out your quarterly report easier.
My Everence access guide: In the secure section of our website, My Everence, you can complete your quarterly activity report and find the current status of your annual activities reported during the current year. You can also find membership figures and other information on your church. Use this guide to navigate My Everence.
Donating IRA distributions to charity: A resource for people who are 70 1/5 years old who can give funds from their IRA to charity and receive a tax benefit.
Church information management systems: An overview of software systems to help your church manage attender, program and financial information
MyNeighbor program: Flyer (add your church name) or bulletin insert.
Toolkit (current issue): A bi-monthly newsletter to help people creatively use their God-given gifts. Contact us about signing up for regular electronic or paper distribution.
Reply cards: English or Spanish cards for your members to request information or advice about Everence services. Contact your stewardship consultant above.
Welcome kits: English or Spanish packets to give to new members in your congregation. Contact your stewardship consultant above.
Everence bulletin board: Review the Guidelines for your congregation. For a title card, contact your stewardship consultant above.
Webinars: Deepen your advocate role
Gain ideas, learn tips and hear best practices. Get the most from your role as stewardship advocate!
Past webinars
2019
Asesoramiento de presupuestos y deudas (30 de mayo) - Escuche la grabación
Budget and debt counseling (Jan. 10) - Listen to the recording
Advocate stories (April 11) - Listen to the recording
2018
Sharing Fund (June 14) - Listen to the recording
Educational resources (Sept. 6) - Listen to the recording
Advocate tips (Dec. 6) - Listen to the recording
To sign up
Watch for an email invitation before each event. Then simply RSVP. We look forward to having you join us!