RSI Announces Exclusive Partnership With Willow Creek Association

November 24, 2009 - Dallas, TX /PRNewswire/ -- Resource Services, Inc. (RSI), a leader in stewardship, fundraising and technology services, today announces a new strategic ministry relationship with Willow Creek Association (WCA).

This exclusive partnership will enhance RSI's ability to provide stewardship services to the more than 5,000 WCA Member Churches and to introduce their community of church leaders to friends and clients of RSI. WCA Member Churches will have access to specialized training, significant discounts and capital campaign financing services.

Founded in 1973, RSI is the leading innovator of capital campaign, major gift, and stewardship methodology to churches, Christian schools and other Christian not-for- profit organizations. This methodology is based on a commitment to help client's fulfill God's unique call through biblical principles of stewardship with 21st century relevance. As part of The Pursuant Group, RSI also provides technology and communication resources to churches including TruthCasting, Unifyer, and most recently a private label iPhone app.

Since 1992, Willow Creek Association has been linking like-minded, action-oriented churches — across denominational, ethnic, and regional lines — with each other and with strategic vision, training, and resources. "We are driven by a calling to serve Christ-following leaders as they build biblically functioning churches…authentic, Acts 2 communities of faith that reach increasing numbers of lost people and grow them into fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ," said WCA president Jim Mellado.

Together RSI and WCA will bring a "new and improved" focused and holistic approach in the area of stewardship for today's ministry leaders. "I cannot tell you how excited we are about this new relationship and the positive impact it will have for churches across the United States and around the world," said Joel Mikell, RSI president.

Early initiatives in 2010 will include joint sponsorship of a live webcast featuring Willow Creek's founding pastor and WCA board chair Bill Hybels on January 21, followed by a series of regionalized training opportunities.

Willow Creek Association was founded in 1992 and works to link like-minded, action-oriented churches with each other and with strategic vision, training, and resources. The WCA is a not-for-profit ministry, with more than 11,000 Member Churches from 90+ denominations and 35 countries. These churches represent a wide variety of sizes, denominations, and backgrounds, and are ministering in literally every corner of the world. While pursuing their own unique, God-given vision for ministry in their own communities, Member Churches confirm a shared commitment to Christ and a passion for reaching those who far from God.

RSI sets the standard among churches and faith-based organizations for successful capital campaigns, helping to promote spiritual growth while meeting financial goals. Raising needed capital is a high priority, but their top priority is the spiritual growth of the individual Christian. RSI's passion is partnering with faith-based organizations of every size, every denomination to help them fulfill their missions and find that along the road to financial goals comes profound spiritual growth.