Things you’ll hear on this episode

“It just shows that there’s no one size fits all, that you don’t put stewardship in a box and say, Ok, if everyone runs this one thing then it is going to be perfect.”

“What I get to do is help make sure that we have the culture resonating through our church.”

“We do it in different ways. How we do it looks different, but why we do it is always the same.”

“When a church first begins a stewardship ministry, the reason they start is because of the felt need of the congregation.”

“If you’re a stewardship leader, you empowering a volunteer to run a major program is super honoring for the volunteer. They will want to do an excellent job.”

“How do we take this DNA of stewardship ministry and make sure it’s in every campus?”

“We know the vision of from the Lord to our senior leader is large, so we have to figure out what is a model long-term, that gonna grow.”

“Now, I believe the essence of stewardship is a relationship with God.”

“Stewardship ministry is not the get out of debt ministry, it’s not the build a budget ministry, it’s not the invest and financial independence and retire early ministry. This ministry is about a relationship with God.”

“I didn’t hear a good, clear, biblical, theologically sound message on giving until I was 37 years old, and I grew up in the church.”

“Our role as pastors is to equip the saints for the work of ministry.”

Resources

Gateway Network
Gateway Stewardship - Youtube Channel
CSN Stewardship Impact Workshop