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March 24, 2009
Exciting week for LifeWay Envelope Service
This has really been an exciting week.
Last Friday I had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Doyle Chauncey with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia. They have designed some very innovative approaches to stewardship, particularly as it relates to new church starts. I'm grateful to Jerry Sutton (now a preaching professor at Liberty Theological Seminary) for opening the door for this conversation and look forward to the opportunities ahead.
Last Saturday, I presented at a one-day Pastor's Conference hosted by Don Campbell at the Virginia Baptist Mission Board. It was a great time. My presentation centered on building sustainable funding models for ministry. After my session, several leaders expressed interest in exposing their church leaders to this message. I was very encouraged.
Today, I made a trip to Kentucky to visit with Alan Witham at the Convention office. He and I met recently at the Stewardship/Cooperative Program meeting in Nashville in February. We talked at length about what we are doing to provide churches with systematic tools that -- when used in concert -- work together to produce measurable results. Alan is building a "best practices" guide for Kentucky Baptists as it relates to stewardship and isleading his team of strategists through a comprehensive approach to stewardship and giving that will offer pastors what they need to be successful in funding the ministry God has called them to do.
More good things to come.
Posted by bstroup at March 24, 2009 8:08 PM
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