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Rod Wilson, a retired university president and current consultant and governance coach, offers this prayer for fundraisers. He writes: “When Peter Harris and I completed our book, Keeping Faith in Fundraising, this prayer for fundraisers came to me and it became the conclusion of the book. Fundraisers function in a culture that is overcome with financial hardship and economic uncertainty, so they need this kind of sensibility as they ask for money.” This is printed with the permission of the publisher, Eerdmans Publishing Co.

– The Editors

Good Father, Giver of every good and perfect gift, Lord of a universe characterized by abundance and not scarcity.

Grant us the capacity to do all our fundraising as we would all other aspects of the life that reflects Christ.

Grant us the insight to see all donors as image bearers who have the privilege of worshipping you through their giving.

Grant us the grace to do our work with diligence,all the while recognizing that your work is not dependent on our efforts.

Grant us the vision to allow gift, grace, and gratitude to invite us into joyful service.

Grant us the faith to see that the benefit to the donor and the strengthening of your body are foundational to all our activities.

Grant us the courage to be prayerfully attentive to your work in the world so that our fundraising methods flow from that source.

Grant us the conviction that the raising of funds is not an end in itself but an outcome of a life immersed in the gospel.

We offer these our prayers in the name of the one who was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, the indescribable gift, Jesus Christ.

Amen