What should the church be about with money?

What should the church be about with money?

The church should model godly financial integrity as good stewards of God’s resources. By integrity, I mean honesty and uprightness before God in the way funds are handled.

What does the Bible say about raising money?

Godly financial integrity means raising money in a biblical way. There are four positive considerations and one negative: A. The church should raise money by teaching biblical principles of personal financial management. Sadly, many Christians base their handling of money more on how the world does it than on what the Bible teaches.

How much money do evangelicals give to the church?

While many evangelicals are very generous in giving to the Lord’s work, the statistics I’ve read show that overall American evangelicals give about 2-3 percent of their income to Christian causes. Some give ten percent under the mistaken notion that if they do that, they have met the biblical requirement (more on that in a moment).

What does the Bible say about not borrowing money?

Here’s a simple principle: If you don’t borrow money, you won’t get into debt! A related principle is, if you’re in a hole and want to get out, stop digging. In other words, stop spending money that you don’t have to support a lifestyle that you can’t afford.

The church should model godly financial integrity as good stewards of God’s resources. By integrity, I mean honesty and uprightness before God in the way funds are handled.

Godly financial integrity means raising money in a biblical way. There are four positive considerations and one negative: A. The church should raise money by teaching biblical principles of personal financial management. Sadly, many Christians base their handling of money more on how the world does it than on what the Bible teaches.

While many evangelicals are very generous in giving to the Lord’s work, the statistics I’ve read show that overall American evangelicals give about 2-3 percent of their income to Christian causes. Some give ten percent under the mistaken notion that if they do that, they have met the biblical requirement (more on that in a moment).

Here’s a simple principle: If you don’t borrow money, you won’t get into debt! A related principle is, if you’re in a hole and want to get out, stop digging. In other words, stop spending money that you don’t have to support a lifestyle that you can’t afford.