The Generosity Project

The conviction underlying The Generosity Project is that in British, Australian and even North American churches, the culture of generosity is weak. We don’t talk about it, we aren’t excited by it, and there is precious little evidence that we are driven by it. It’s a problem we can and should address—and not, we hasten to add, just to improve the bottom line of our church budgets. Generosity is a basic fruit of the godly Christian life. It’s a glad and joyful response to the grace of God in the gospel. If generosity is weak, then something is weak in the spiritual heart of God’s people. The Generosity Project is a six-part teaching resource for use in small groups that stands at the centre of a larger strategy to shift the culture of generosity in our congregations. We’ve put together an integrated resource that prayerfully applies the word of God to people’s hearts so that, by God’s power and grace, they might arrive at: • a powerful, clarified understanding of what generosity is and how it grows • a renewed, generous heart that longs to give to others • a fresh language for talking about generosity within their congregation • a new resolve to put all this into practice in various areas of their lives. Now, seeing this kind of change take place will require time, persistence, prayer and a multifaceted approach. Church cultures don’t change simply by running everyone through a few Bible studies—the existing culture is usually too deep-rooted and slow-moving for that. That’s why we strongly recommend that you view The Generosity Project not as a one-off cure-all for your generosity problems, but as one central piece in a much larger effort at church culture-change. The Generosity Project does look like a book, and contains some sections of text but it is not a ‘book’ in the normal sense of that word. It’s not something for someone to pick up and read on their own. It is specifically designed as an interactive six-session resource to do in small groups.