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Finish Line Podcast Episode 89

Kate Gardner, Host of the Ascendants Podcast, on Next Generation Stewardship and Generosity

Receiving or passing on significant wealth can create opportunity, but it can also raise difficult questions about identity, responsibility, family expectations, and purpose.

How can you approach inheritance in a way that gives the next generation both freedom and a meaningful vision for faithful stewardship?


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Meet your guide

Kate Gardner is the co-host of the Ascendance Podcast and co-founder of Magnify, a community supporting Christian next-generation inheritors as they navigate family wealth, faith, identity, and stewardship. After receiving a significant stock portfolio from her parents at age 21, Kate began wrestling personally with what it meant to receive wealth she had not earned and to steward it faithfully before God.

Rather than rushing into a predetermined path, Kate gave herself time to grow in financial literacy, prayer, emotional health, and discernment. That process led her into substantial generosity, long-term support of missionaries across numerous countries, and a conviction that giving can include finances, relationships, hospitality, encouragement, and prayer. She also shares a valuable perspective for parents considering wealth transfer, emphasizing communication, trust, agency, character, and allowing children to develop their own generosity.

By the end, you may think differently about inheritance, not simply as transferred assets, but as an opportunity to help the next generation grow into faithful, purposeful stewards.

What you’ll gain

  • How to prepare the next generation before transferring significant wealth
  • Why open conversations can make inheritance healthier for families
  • How to develop purpose when financial independence expands your choices
  • Why inherited wealth requires character, agency, and financial literacy
  • How to discover a personal vision for meaningful generosity
  • Why generosity can include relationships, hospitality, encouragement, and prayer

Inspired? Take your next step

Try the Game of Life Simulator

Step into a four-minute interactive experience and see what unfolds as you decide how to manage your resources.

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Inspired? Learn how to partner with ministries well.

A compelling ministry story can inspire you to respond. But wise partnership often begins with better questions.

Applied Generosity Intervention Partnership Focus

What is the ministry really seeking to restore?

Learn to look beyond visible needs toward people, context, relationships, and flourishing.

Applied Generosity Intervention Partnership Fruitfulness

How do you recognize meaningful impact?

Consider how ministries learn, evaluate their work, and pursue lasting change.

Applied Generosity Intervention Partnership Faithfulness

What does genuine ministry partnership look like?

Explore how to foster trust, alignment, and shared mission in your giving.

In our Intervention Series on the Applied Generosity Podcast, we’ll help you become a more thoughtful, discerning, and faithful partner.

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Quotes to Remember

  • “I also like to think of prayer as a form of generosity. It’s not about you.”
  • “Your calling is where your greatest joy meets the world’s deepest need.”
  • “I seek to support people financially, relationally, and spiritually with prayer.”

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