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Do you serve on your church's stewardship committee or need to raise money for a mission trip or some other faith-based cause? Perhaps the thought of asking people for money intimidates you. It's time to change the way you think about fundraising.


"Fundraising is, first and foremost, a ministry," best-selling author and renowned spiritual teacher Henri Nouwen writes. "It's a way of announcing our vision and inviting other people into our mission."


Nouwen encourages us to see fundraising as spiritual work and approach it confidently. "Fundraising is precisely the opposite of begging," he points out.


Unlike most business/leadership books, A Spirituality of Fundraising is brief and can easily be read in one sitting.


Sections of this booklet include:




    • Fundraising as Ministry

    • Helping the Kingdom Come About

    • Our Security Base

    • People Who Are Rich

    • Asking

    • A New Communion

    • Prayer and Gratitude

    • Your Kingdom Come

    Nouwen's insights will upend your thoughts about fundraising. Never again will you feel like you're begging for money. Instead, you'll see your work as true ministry. A must-read for leaders in churches, nonprofits, ministries, and businesses!

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    Henri J. M. Nouwen was an internationally renowned priest and author, respected professor, and beloved pastor who wrote over 40 books on the spiritual life. Nouwen enjoyed an impressive academic career with positions at Notre Dame, Yale, and Harvard Universities. His commitment to explore the relationship between faith and justice led him to become involved in the civil rights movement and to make a number of trips to Central America. Nouwen lived the last ten years of his life as the pastor of L'Arche Daybreak in Toronto, one of the many communities founded by Jean Vanier. In L'Arche people with and without intellectual disabilities live and work together as peers, create inclusive communities of faith and friendship, and transform society through relationships that cross social boundaries. This became Nouwen's home until his death in September 1996.

    John S. Mogabgab was the founding editor of Weavings: A Journal of the Christian Spiritual Life, serving in that role for 25 years. As special projects editor for Upper Room Books from 2010 until his death in 2014, he oversaw the completion of the Henri Nouwen Series and A Guide to Prayer for All Who Walk with God. From 1975-1980 John was Henri Nouwen's teaching, research, and editorial assistant at Yale Divinity School.

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    • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Upper Room Books (January 19, 2011)
    • Language ‏ : ‎ English
    • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 66 pages
    • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0835810445
    • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0835810449
    • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.2 ounces
    • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.05 x 0.18 x 8.04 inches
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    Henri Nouwen was born in Holland in 1932 and ordained a Catholic priest in 1957. He obtained his doctorandus in psychology from Nijmegen University in The Netherlands and taught at Notre Dame, Yale, and Harvard. He experienced the monastic life with Trappist monks at the Abbey of the Genesee, lived among the poor in Latin America with the Maryknoll missioners, and was interested and active in numerous causes related to social justice. After a lifetime of seeking, Henri Nouwen finally found his home in Canada, as pastor of L'Arche Daybreak - where people with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers live together in community.

    Henri Nouwen wrote over 40 books on spirituality and the spiritual life that have sold millions of copies and been translated into dozens of languages. His vision of spirituality was broad and inclusive, and his compassion embraced all of humankind.

    He died in 1996. His work and his spirit live on.

    Henri Nouwen pronounced his name "Henry Now-en." For more information on his life and work, please visit www.henrinouwen.org .

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    David A. Baer
    5.0 out of 5 stars upside down
    Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2016
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    Henri Nouwen's A SPIRITUALITY OF FUNDRAISING is a book I need to read again every year in order to keep my bearings.

    My own battle with fundraising has seen some success and some notable failure. I was raised to believe that a decent person never asked anyone for money. Nouwen's little book turns that idea upside down.

    Or, better said, rightside up.

    For Nouwen, asking people to become generous and even sacrificial stewards is offering those people the gift of conversion. He means this in the deepest, process-oriented, open sense of the word. Seen this way, it is a service rendered. Ministry extended. I need this.

    Nouwen starts strong:

    'Fundraising is proclaiming what we believe in such a way that we offer other people an opportunity to participate with us in our vision and mission. Fundraising is precisely the opposite of begging. When we seek to raise funds we are not saying, "Please, could you help us out because lately it's been hard." Rather, we are declaring, "We have a vision that is amazing and exciting. We are inviting you to invest yourself through the resources that God has given you—your energy, your prayers, and your money—in this work to which God has called us." Our invitation is clear and confident because we trust that our vision and mission are like "trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither" (Ps. 1:3).'

    A winsome, God-fueled lightness of spirit pervades Nouwen's reflection on fundraising, a light-heartedness that is seldom evidenced on the subject. We are freed, in the best rather than the self-serving sense of the phrase, to be free as we seek funding.

    Indeed, Nouwen writes about such in connection with our ultimate security:

    'If our security is totally in God, then we are free to ask for money. Only when we are free from money can we ask freely for others to give it. This is the conversion to which fundraising as ministry call us.'

    So it is not only the person receiving our request, but we ourselves who encounter the opportunity of conversion as we go about this work.

    I have grown weary of fundraising *technique*. My soul longs for a gospel-grounded understanding of this otherwise distasteful task.

    Nouwen provides it in A SPIRITUALITY OF FUNDRAISING, this reviewer's annual reading on the topic.
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    Daniel King
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great quotes about Fundraising
    Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2016
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    This is a great little book about fundraising. If you want to raise money for your ministry, this is a good place to start. The book is not very long but it is packed full of nuggets that explore the philosophy of fundraising for the Christian believer. Here are some of the quotes that caught my attention:

    "Generosity begets generosity."

    “We may think of fundraising as a necessary but unpleasant activity to support spiritual things...or a failure to plan well…or to trust enough that God will provide for all our needs.”

    “Fundraising is…a form of ministry.”

    “[Fundraising] is a way of announcing our vision and inviting other people into our mission.”

    “Fundraising is precisely the opposite of begging.”

    “Fundraising is …always a call to conversion.”

    “I ask for money standing up, not bowing down, because I believe in what I am about.”

    “Fundraising is a very concrete way to help the kingdom of God come about.”

    “Many rich people are very lonely. Many struggle with a sense of being used. Others suffer from feelings of rejection or depression. It may seem strange to say, but the rich need a lot of attention and care.”

    “If our security is totally in God, then we are free to ask for money.”

    “Asking people for money is giving them the opportunity to put their resources at the disposal of the kingdom.”

    “When we ask people for money to strengthen or expand the work of the kingdom, we are also inviting them into a new spiritual communion.”

    “Fundraising as ministry is grounded in prayer and undertaken in gratitude.”

    “Fundraising is a very rich and beautiful activity. It is a confident, joyful, and hope-filled expression of ministry.”

    Another great book on Fundraising is:      How to Raise Money for Your Ministry (The Ultimate Ministry Toolbox Series) (Volume 3)
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    MogulMom
    4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting perspective on fundraising!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2017
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    Short, thought-provoking book. Made me think about the spiritual implications of fundraising and what that does for the one asking for donations and the one being asked to donate. I like that it was likened to funding and advancing the kingdom of God. Truly, if I'm not convinced of my cause, no one else will be either. Great points to put into practice in ministry and life in general.
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    Design Junkie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Because He first loved us…
    Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2023
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    Nouwen offers a fundamental way of developing a living understanding of the community we are called to in Christ. In the spirit of that shared love, the invitation to participate financially is offered freely and in love. A powerful spiritual formation resource for those tasked with fostering stewardship/giving in Christian community.
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    Jeremy Serrano
    5.0 out of 5 stars Short and Solid
    Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2023
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    This book is clear and concise. It gets across clearly the idea that Fundraising is a ministry and a spiritual activity. In a world which likes to blames the rich, Bowen does an excellent job of showing how to love them and embrace them.
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    Bob
    5.0 out of 5 stars Get this Book!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2023
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    Written by the master - can read in one sitting.
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    DocTheology
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Devoted Book for All Fundraisers
    Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2014
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    How does he do it? Henri Nouwen does it again! In a very short, but powerful book Nouwen looks at the role of the Development Officer/Fundraiser wth laser point vision aiming at the heart of every donor. Development has long been viewed as an "overhead" cost, and "added expense" in the budget, or a "necessary evil" for non-profits. Nouwen explores the fact that development officers are pastoral, heart-encouragers, and people who seek the best for the soul of the donor and not just the check.

    Donor care is a growing skill in Development, yet, still, too many fundraisers set impossible goals, push for the "closing of the gift" and respond only to those who give checks. Over the 20 years of donor involvement that I have had, the issue of donor care is well developed in this book and better explained that any other large volume I have read. While you may not agree with every note of philosophy in the book, this is MUST READ for any development officer.
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    Daiga
    5.0 out of 5 stars A book of thoughts on what matters to everyone.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2021
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    Simple yet profound, handy size and important topic.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars It is an inspiring book
    Reviewed in Italy on June 1, 2017
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    this book is very inspiring and give new understanding of Fundraising as ministries that means becoming the dignified way of sharing our vision and mission with the people and inviting them to participate in making present the Kingdom of God and building the community of love. This constitutes paradigm shift and perspective. I recommend to those who involve themselves in Fundraising activities. Laurentius Tarpin
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    Norman A. Reed
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very timely
    Reviewed in Australia on March 24, 2020
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    Very timely
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    EO
    5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
    Reviewed in Canada on March 20, 2022
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    Presenting fundraising as a way to advance spiritual community, for the giver, receiver and beyond, is an unprecedented insight for which I am truly grateful.
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    Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2019
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    Excellent read and a must for every Christian charity.
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