In recent months, we have started implementing a giving protocol at my church that I learned about in books on church finances. Here are some of the ideas we have implemented:
Sermon outline: This is an abbreviated outline with the complete sermon downloadable at the bottom of the post. Let’s examine truths from the Word of God that will build our faith and enable us to be good stewards of that which God has placed into our hands.
It must have been a difficult task for Elijah—asking a widow woman for her last meager meal. Before this, God had provided for Elijah through the ravens and the brook Cherith, but the birds stopped coming and the brook dried up.
Our independent Baptist churches support about 4,000 missionaries for a world of over 6 billion people. These missionaries have left their home churches for a strange culture to spread the Gospel.
We almost called this book, “Ten Reasons You Can’t Afford Not to Give.” Regardless of economic indicators, Bible believing Christians should continue honoring the Lord with their resources, and this little book reminds us why.
