Ray Linder, MBA, is a pastor, CEO of Goodstewardship.com, and author of three books, including What Will I Do With My Money? Ray serves on the ministry staff of Cornerstone Chapel, Leesburg, Virginia.
Building Church Leaders, a leadership-training resource published by Christianity Today International, asked him how church leaders can help their people be responsible with God-given resources.
ARTICLE No Gift Too Small All God’s gifts are valuable—even ones that pale by comparison. Mary Ellen Rothrock
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Comparisons are all too human.
As a high school student taking private violin lessons, I compared myself with my violin teacher's young prodigy. Each week, the teacher smiled with mild approval at my performance of an etude, and wrote out my assignment for the following week. Then, a 12-year-old boy entered the room for his lesson.
With admiration and a sense of torture, I lowered myself into an armchair ...
Stewardship is the great "Silent Subject" in many churches. There is very little teaching from the pulpit, and when stewardship is mentioned, it is a code word for giving. Very few churches provide training on how to implement biblical principles into one's daily financial life. Yet there are profound practical and spiritual reasons why the church should be regularly teaching and training its people ...
ARTICLE Finances Help your leaders make better use of what God has given and explore new ways to encourage people to give more. from BuildingChurchLeaders.com
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Neither Poverty Nor Riches: A Biblical Theology of Possessionsby Craig L. Blomberg
The Bible seems very clear on the dangers of wealth, but is it wrong to have money. Craig Blomberg builds a biblical case for finding a middle ground between poverty and riches. This book will challenge cultural assumptions about money. (InterVarsity, ...
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