Faith and the Church Budget
When a congregation plans a budget for the upcoming year, they work with cold, hard numbers based on the expected contribution and the needs of the congregation.
If this budget is seen as a business document alone, does it fit with the Lord’s work?
If we step away from the business model, we ask: What role does faith and prayer have in the construction of a church budget? If we work on our budget in October and November, should we not begin praying for the budget months before?
The sobering reality is that the terrible economy has been savage to church budgets causing cuts everywhere.
- Does God stop working during difficult financial times?
- Do we not redouble our prayer and maintain our faith during these trials?
- Does God give us a pass when we have less money?
- Does He expect us to give all the time regardless of the situation?
I look forward to your thoughts on this subject.
robertebarger 2:57 pm on October 3, 2012 Permalink |
No where in the New Testament does it tell us to build builtings. It also tells them that preach the gospel to “work with your hands to give to the poor”. And do not take money to preach. We are to look to Paul the apostle as our example in this. He was a tent maker and suported himself and them that were with him. The early church met in believers homes, and as many as the Lord called shared what they owned with the rest of the body of Christ. The business of “Church” is not of God but of men.and the Devil. A preacher of the gospel does not need approval from any man, but is called of God and does not have to go to a collage, school, or commitly but he does have to wait on his ministry. Our calling is to feed the poor, care for the widows and fatherless and keep ourselves unspotted from the world. We are not to give to the rich, and when we give we are not to let the right hand know what the left hand is doing. And we are to give expecting nothing in return.
Eugene Adkins 5:35 pm on October 3, 2012 Permalink |
You’re wrong about the New Testament saying that preachers are not to be paid by the church.
Read 1 Corinthians 9:8-10, 2 Corinthians 11:7-9 and 1 Timothy 5:17-18.