Fundraisers that make the church more relevant to the local community
8 min 49 s
Rev. Quentin Chin
- Fundraisers in the manner of Jesus
- What could be learned from calling a one-year moratorium on fundraising?
- Do you really understand what your fundraisers are doing (or not) for you?
Quentin lives in Pittsfield, MA, with his wife, Amy. He has a bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Illinois. He received his M. Div. from Union Theological Seminary in 2002. He has served as an interim pastor for several congregations in western Massachusetts, including UCC, American Baptist, and United Methodist. All but two of the congregations have been part-time. He has been a hospice spiritual counselor for ten years. He also served as a chaplain for homeless veterans. He taught workforce ethics to inmates at the Berkshire County House of Corrections. He has also served the wider church. He wrote several worship services for Worship Ways and was the author for a General Synod worship in 2015. He was also on the writing team for the revised Manual on Ministry.
- Recorded in June of 2021
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