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The Passionate Steward – Recovering Christian Stewardship from Secular Fundraising. Copyright © 2001 by Michael O’Hurley-Pitts. Manufactured in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. Published by St. Brigid Press, 21 Shaftesbury Avenue, Suite A, Toronto, Ontario M4T 3B4 Canada. 1st Edition, revised. National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication O'Hurley-Pitts, Michael, 1965- The Passionate Steward: Recovering Christian Stewardship from Secular Fundraising / Michael O'Hurley-Pitts; foreword by Archbishop Edward W. Scott. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-9731378-0-0 1. Stewardship, Christian. 2. Church fundraising. I. Title. BV772.O56 2002 254'.8 C2002-903617-8 1st Impression, September 2002 2nd Impression, December 2003 3rd Impression, May 2003 4th Impression, September 2004 5th Impression, January 2007 Published by St. Brigid Press Book design by Hazelton Design Statistics Canada information is used with the permission of the Minister of Industry, as Minister responsible for Statistics Canada. Information on the availability of the wide range of data from Statistics Canada can be obtained from Statistics Canada’s Regional Offices, its World Wide Web site at http://www.statcan.ca, and its toll-free access number 1-800-263-1136.
About the Author Michael O’Hurley-Pitts’ unique talents and skills have helped shape the success of myriad projects for a wide spectrum of Churches, social institutions and other non-profit organizations. A respected leader in stewardship development, Michael has been an invited presenter at ecclesial and non-profit conferences and workshops for many organizations in the United States, Ireland and Canada. He has also served as an expert commentator and analyst for national news broadcasts in Canada and the United States, where his opinions are highly regarded. Michael served as the Stewardship & Development Director for the Diocese of Armenian Church of America (Eastern), the largest Armenian Church diocese in the world. He is also the founder of Faith Matters, Inc. - an international stewardship, development and religious, non-profit consulting firm serving faith-based charities and churches. In the past, he has served as a Senior Consultant for an international fundraising firm, and as a Development Officer in the Archdiocese of New York. He has also served in positions of trust and confidence in the United States Congress, and has won high praise for his leadership as an Executive Director of a national non-profit organization. Michael has been regularly published in the professional journals The Canadian Fundraiser and Gift Planning in Canada. In addition, he publishes the online journal, The Stewardship Review, a quarterly journal of Christian stewardship and philanthropy.
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