Ministry Fundraising Network – The Lausanne Movement

Ministries need funds to reach people with the gospel. Mobilizing financial resources and developing organizational capacity for global mission within the broader framework of Christian stewardship, generosity, and giving are therefore important themes in the global Christian community.

The Lausanne/WEA Global Generosity Network (GGN) developed since 2007 as a catalyst to encourage Christians to live generously and give more to global mission work. Working closely with Rob Martin, Catalyst for the Lausanne Ministry Fundraising issue network, the following are highlights since Cape Town 2010:

• A generosity leadership group consisting of 65 leaders from 26 countries
• A global generosity consultation in February 2011
• Consultations, seminars, and workshops in various regions and countries
• Resource mobilization training on fundraising, leadership, and organizational capacity
• Compiling and distributing a Generosity Resources List and Generosity Resources CD
• Generosity resources updates
• Articles including a generosity edition of the Evangelical Review of Theology
• Drafting and distributing a Generosity Declaration
• Encouraging resource mobilization initiatives such as the Youth Ministry Support Fund

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www.ministryfundraisingnetwork.org

What Is MFN?

Ministry Fundraising Network (MFN) is a global network that exists to increase the capacity and competency of ministries and churches to practice Biblical Stewardship and Fundraising: the whole Church resourced to take the whole Gospel to the whole world.

Why Are We Here?

The Christian majority world is responding to the Great Commission and taking the lead. As ministries are created in new places, directed and lead by indigenous leaders creative in their response to various cultures, there is a need for an equally robust response to biblical fund development to support these new or expanding ministry initiatives.

Global South and the Global North Christian ministries and churches see the ministry of fundraising as precipitating a movement of global generosity – a desire to see followers of Christ mature as disciples in Biblical Stewardship.

Business for Transformation, loans, and other community development funding strategies provide mechanisms for funding ministries but they cannot replace a fundamental precept and fruit of Christ followers – generosity demonstrated by giving and receiving in the Kingdom.

www.lausanne.org/networks/issues/ministry-fundraising