money
What is a church’s money for?
As a pastor, I am both grateful for our congregation’s healthy endowment and distressed by it. I don’t think I’m alone.
Give to the one who asks of you
I’m on this man’s side, even though I didn’t give him any money. Right?
Extravagant consumption
For Jesus, the inverse of scarcity isn’t abundance—it’s accumulation.
Kathryn Tanner’s anti-work ethic
The theologian doesn’t want finance capitalism to determine what we’re worth.
by Keri L. Day
Money can’t buy me life
I hear a fearful refrain coming from church leaders, from every denominational level. They twist their fingers into knots as they say: If we don’t have our endowment, we will die. It’s our job to protect the endowment for future generations. Our future depends on a healthy endowment.
LaSalle Street Church makes use of abundance
The point isn't the money; it's the risk.
By Amy Frykholm
Money anxiety and the ministry
I grew up in the midst of the Prosperity Gospel movement, and it’s left its mark, I’m afraid. I believed that God would bless (meaning financially bless) those who served the Almighty. It wasn’t only service, but God’s favor also came with financial reward.
Beyond Our Means, by Sheldon Garon
Sheldon Garon contends that Americans lack moral teaching on wealth, public policies that encourage saving, and a cultural ethos that nurtures thrift.
reviewed by James Halteman
Speaking of money
My files are full of stewardship sermons. So it came as a shock when people would say, “We know you don’t like to talk about money.”
Leading with bold imagination 3
This is the third and final post in a series of interview questions. Montreat Conference Center has an Institute for Church Leadership. Since I will be preaching at their "Leading With Bold Imagination" Conference that is coming up, they asked me a few questions. If you'd like to read the whole interview, here is part one and part two. And if you have a chance to attend the conference, I would love to see you there. Montreat's setting can feed the soul.
It is about the money: Against docetic offertory prayers
Docetic offertory prayers imply that the money inside the envelopes in the offering plates is unimportant, even embarrassing.
by Dean Snyder
Ways of giving: How churches think about money
Most fund-raising board meeting discussions, when stripped to the core, become one common, persistent question: "How can we persuade people to give more?"