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November 18, 2009
Push the limits of church funding: Get beyond small thinking
After spending nearly a MONTH in the field talking to pastors in various part of the country talking about church funding, I'm convinced that FAR TOO MANY are thinking...
small....
instead of T-H-I-N-K-I-N-G B-I-G!
We say we are people of THE WORD. Our Bible is full of the impossible:
Abraham and Sarah are too old to have a son.
David is too small to fight Goliath. (Later, he's too young and ordinary to be King.)
Paul is an unlikely champion of the faith.
(There's more. I promise. Read it for yourself.)
Yet these stories fade when we are asked to believe the impossible. When we are asked to believe that God can fully fund (and over fund) our ministry budgets WITHOUT REGARDS for the American or World economy.
So what do we do? We SEAL OUR FATE by professing a big God and live as if He is small. We...
Worry. Fret. Pace. Sweat. Wonder. (All over the WRONG STUFF!!)
Where will the money come from? And when that happens we take our focus off of vision...direction...purpose...context...(the core necessities of funding)
AND we allow ourselves to be trapped by what we can see. We fight over how we will split the dollar instead of believing that God has intended MORE for us.
We can only DO MORE MINISTRY when we practice our profession in a BIG GOD.
NEWS FLASH...NOT EVERY CHURCH IS STRUGGLING.
Some churches are posting ridiculous gains in overall giving...and investing in more ministry than they ever have. I heard from one pastor recently who is nearly $100k over in receipts to date!
Get beyond small thinking. And you'll find a VERY B-I-G G-O-D who is able to help YOU...
DO MORE MINISTRY!
Posted by bstroup at November 18, 2009 8:17 AM
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