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from Pastor Ed
March
We started back in January with our Discipleship 101 classes and they seem to be going along well. I am leading "The Way of the Master". Pastor Brandon is leading "Experiencing God". And Darwin Budnick is leading "Financial Peace University".
My wife, June, is going through FPU and she is very
excited with what she is learning.
One of the things she has told me is that, Dave Ramsey, says there are
"four walls" in family finance:
1. Shelter
2. Food
3. Clothing
4. Transportation
These needs must be met in each family before that family can
begin to address debt. In budgeting, these needs come first. This
makes sense because if these needs are not provided for then the
working members of a family cannot hold down a job. Without jobs the whole thing goes to pot.
So, with that in mind I thought about what would be the "four
walls" of church finance. I even went as far as to call and speak
with a gentleman in Dave Ramsey's office named David Holderman to
see what they might have to say on the subject. I mean, these guys
are the financial experts. When they speak, people listen.
So, here is what David said, and I agree, these "four walls" of church finance are:
1. Ministry
2. Missions
3. Property
4. Administration.
These are the needs in a church family that must be met first.
These are the purposes for which we exist and, in part, the means
by which we fulfill these purposes. These purposes are the heartbeat
and the lifeblood of a church family. And if we are not fulfilling
the purposes for which we exist, then the whole thing goes to pot,
so to speak.
I don't think any of us are interested in that!
I just can't wait,
Pastor Ed
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