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July 9, 2007
So where did the title come from?
Do More Ministry struck me as a phrase that captured the big picture of stewardship and giving. It's easy to view those two things as simply generating more church contributions--especially from my perspective as an envelope service provider.
But I believe that envelopes and stewardship are vehicles for and contribute to a much larger plan. And that plan is for churches to be able to do more ministry.
I regularly meet pastors who have big dreams for their church but lack the courage to make it reality. Often because the money just never seems to be there.
What if we, as church leaders, stopped thinking about generating more money and began talking about the dreams that God has placed in our hearts. Then, we determine what it's going to take to make those dreams reality.
So that's where "do more ministry" came from. Church weren't meant to be banks--sitting on large sums of cash only to generate interest from revenue. Churches were meant to be dynamic examples of the transformative power of Jesus Christ.
That's why when it comes to the topics of stewardship and giving...ministry (understood as a verb) seems to come to the front of my mind.
Do you agree?
Posted by bstroup at July 9, 2007 2:30 PM
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