
A small book on how to lead a more
generous life by pastor Brian Kluth is something of a “publishing miracle” that
is being adopted by churches and denominations across the United States and
around the world.
“A 40-day Spiritual Journey to a More Generous Life” has nearly 100,000
copies in print in nine months and one publisher, David Neff of Christianity
Today, said “anytime you get 100,000 copies of any book into the churches,
you’re making some impact. Doing so in a 9-month period is spectacular."
Hundreds of churches have ordered copies for every family. Denominations are sending copies to every
pastor.
Kluth said that seven Christian publishers had declined to publish the
booklet because they said there was no market for a book on generosity. “Last
summer my wife and I used some inheritance money to ‘by faith’ produce and
print 15,000 copies,” he says. “Churches have used it with everyone in the congregation to inspire increased giving for general offerings, help with building fund drives, and to raise funds for special offerings.”
Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock used a customized copy of the
booklet for their $35,000,000 relocation campaign. One of Fellowship Bible’s pastors said, "We researched every available resource we could find to inspire people's generosity. This booklet was the best thing we found anywhere!"
Kluth reports that after bank failures in Mongolia, the largest church
in the country translated the booklet and gave it to their 1,100 believers.
“Over the next two months we saw offerings increase nearly 60 percent,” the
Executive Pastor emailed to Kluth.
One worldwide denomination signed a copyright agreement that will allow
them to publish the booklet in up to 202 countries and 363 languages.
“This whole thing is a God-sized journey for us," Kluth says "We’re doing our best to keep up with what how the Lord is using this book across the country and around the world.”
Brian Kluth is senior pastor of First Evangelical Free Church in
Colorado Springs, CO. Earlier this year Kluth was honored by the Christian Stewardship Association with the Outstanding Stewardship Educator of the year award.
Kluth’s web sites can be accessed at www.GenerousLife.info and www.MAXIMUMgenerosity.org.
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