The Radical Fundraising in Radical Times seminars will be unleashed amongst the unsuspecting citizens of Korea, Seattle, Portland, Arizona, Colorado, San Francisco, and Los Angeles in but a few short weeks. Even the TG 10–the ten biblical principles that compose the paint box for all things Transformational Giving–have received quite a spiff.

Not that the principles themselves have changed. In fact, they’ve borne the first two years of the test of time pretty darn well, by God’s grace.

What has changed, however, is that the original TG10 were written from the vantage point of the nonprofit, astonishingly utilizing the traditional/transactional/objectionable appellation of ‘donor’ to refer to that amazing bundle of God’s gifts, grace, and activity know as the individual Christian. This revised list refers to that individual more properly by the name ‘champion’.

Here are the new TG 10:

The Ten Principles of Transformational Giving

Principle 1: Every act of giving is first and foremost a statement about the faithfulness of God.

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Principle 2: Transformational giving is based on the abundance and trustworthiness of God, not a theology of scarcity.

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Principle 3: It is better to give than to receive.

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Principle 4: A champion connects with an organization for the purpose of enhancing their mutual impact on the cause, not only to support the organization’s impact on the cause.

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Principle 5: A Transformational Giving relationship between a champion and an organization is primarily a peer-level accountability relationship, not merely a friendship or a mutual admiration society.

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Principle 6: The champion, not the organization, is called to be the primary means of advancing the cause within the champion’s sphere of influence.

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Principle 7: The relationship between champion and champion is as important as the relationship between champion and organization.

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Principle 8: Giving is not the process but rather one vital result of the process of a champion being comprehensively coached to share the cause effectively within his or her sphere of influence.

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Principle 9: Giving is learned, not latent.

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Principle 10: Champions categorize themselves not according to the amount of their giving but by the degree of comprehensive personal ownership they are exhibiting in the cause.