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INTERACTIVE ASSESSMENT
5 Myths About Giving
Jay Pankratz
Have you bought in to bad perspectives?


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Topics:Budget, Expenses, Finances, Offerings, Stewardship, Tithing
Filters:Business administrator, Church board, Finances, Financial officer, Fundraising ministry, Pastor, Stewardship
Purpose:Discipleship
References:None
Date Added:August 24, 2007
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Posted: August 04, 2009
TMcN  (Guest)
I can say after taking your "evaluation" I must totally disagree with the results. I agree with the comments made by Tim; and the church needs to repent to God for ingrafting marketing management skills into ministry instead of looking to the Word of God. We have become so caught up in trying to be "mega" that we have lost sight of what the call of ministry is all about. It is a great mess and these perspectives on 'giving' will not inherit the Kingdom. After the tithe and the offering of my choosing; then let me "purpose in my heart" what I should give after that. It is not the job of the Leader to put a stipend on me due to him or her obtaining a building they could not afford. This is why the scriptures tell us to "first count up the cost". This is why you have many ministers and laity alike now not wanting to be bothered with ministry at all; we have took certain scriptures out of their context, and applied them to our own twisted theology to make us justified.

Posted: October 04, 2008
Claude  (Guest)
I think that proper education concerning giving is the key. The scriptures speak profoundly about the subject. However, the scriptures, in many cases is not taught within the context and within the principle given; especially in the Old Testament. Moreover, the purpose of giving in our day and culture has moved away from its essential purpose. It all goes back to a heart issue within Leadership and within the congregation.

Posted: June 11, 2009
John Romanosky  (Registered User)
In March I develop six sermons on giving from lessons received through CTI. Our giving has risen since then. We are an older congregation of 36 family units- widows and retirees with few younger families. Yet they have a generous heart. So the spirit of generosity is there.


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