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God Loves a Cheerful Giver

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  It's in that moment where the pastor walks back on stage and the Worship Leader strums his final chord.   It's in that two-minute routine where the congregation tunes out and the pastor awkwardly carries out his weekly duties and says a few lines about it. It's time to pass the plate and obligatorily say a few lines about Biblical Generosity.   "God loves a cheerful giver", the pastor might say before calling the ushers to come forward. God certainly does love a joyful, loving, self-sacrificing, and cheerful giver. But not because He needs your money. God doesn't need your money - but God wants you to experience the terrifically- thrilling, life-changing joy of being generous. I attended a TOG a couple of weeks ago, short for Taste of Generosity - it's a 2-hour take on Generous Giving's Journey of Generosity - an opportunity to learn, reflect, and discuss biblical generosity without any agenda or strings attached. Nobody passes the plate af...
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Giving A Multimillion Dollar Business To Charity

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  If you're looking for an absolute paradigm shifting experience about Biblical generosity, look no further than the story of Alan and Katherine Barnhardt.   Watch the Video:  Alan and Katherine Barnhart from Generous Giving on Vimeo . As a young couple Alan and Katherine were called into God's story - there's no doubt about that - but the role they would play was certainly a surprise. The Barnhardts originally thought God was calling them to the mission field but right as they were making plans to leave the United States, the family crane business sort of fell into their lap. For eager and energetic Christ-followers ready to make an impact, this was a difficult decision. One that, Katherine especially, thought was outside of God's plan for their lives. It wasn't but a couple years later that the business became very successful and grown considerably. They had grown the business from . Alan and his brother, who was also a devout Christian, came to the real...
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Giant Generosity - Just Getting Started

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"National Christian Foundation"? It sounded familiar. It sounded like an important organization for sure. But I had no idea.  I'd never heard of the National Christian Foundation or it's ministry before. A quick Google search reveals that NCF certainly is a large organization - with a Christ-centered mission! More than $16 billion to charity around the world?? How can that be?   How could I work in Christian ministry - at large churches for nearly 10 years and not know about an organization this large, with this much impact?  My name is Ryan Klund and I'm the newest employee here at the National Christian Foundation - Wisconsin , working in Relational Marketing.  When God opened the door for me to join the mission and work being done here at NCF WI, I didn't know much about Giant Generosity.  I've known very generous people in my life - that's for sure. But I wasn't aware of these seemly ordinary people that live amongst us funding incredible, lif...
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