Description
This online article explores emerging trends shaping the future of Christian generosity as revealed from an extensive 2021 survey, By highlighting how motivations, habits, and expectations around giving are shifting across generations and ministry contexts and synthesizing data on giver motivations, generational differences, and the realities of modern church giving, this resource equips leaders to recalibrate stewardship teaching, expand giving pathways, and design ministry strategies that resonate with emerging donor expectations.
Features
- Links to data sources
- Infographics
- Tithing perceptions based on generations
Practical Applications
- Teach generosity using Barna’s insight that giver motivations are deeply personal and spiritually driven, helping congregants connect giving to discipleship rather than obligation.
- Evaluate your church’s tithing language in light of Barna’s findings on how Christians perceive the tithe today, ensuring clarity and theological alignment.
