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	August 30, 2004 .................... LCMSNews -- No. 66

	Stewardship posts parish fund-raising guidelines

	After getting what he calls "a fair amount of inquiry," Rev.
Larry Reinhardt developed and has now posted on the Web a set of
guidelines for congregational fund-raising activities.

	Reinhardt is director of outreach and stewardship ministry with
LCMS District and Congregational Services.

	"Not a month goes by," he said, "that I don't get a question
from someone asking if there are guidelines for congregational fund
raising."

	To develop what he calls "general guidelines for pastors and
congregational leaders to consider when it comes to establishing
policies regarding fund-raising activities within the congregation,"
Reinhardt consulted with district stewardship executives, the LCMS
Foundation, Lutheran Church Extension Fund, the Commission on Theology
and Church Relations and others.

	The four guidelines basically say that:

	* congregations should fund their budgets from members' freewill
offerings;

	* they should "be sensitive to the impact of a proliferation of
.. fund-raising activities";

	* decisions about how many and what kinds of fund-raising
activities a congregation conducts "call for responsible Christian
judgment"; and

	* "congregations are wise" when they develop fund-raising
policies.

	For the full guidelines and an introduction with other tips for
fund raising by congregations, go to www.lcms.org/stewardship
<http://www.lcms.org/stewardship>  and click on "Guidelines for
Congregational Fund-raising Activities."

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