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Generous Churches Leadership Community

Author: Leadership Network
Date: 09.08.2012
Category: Resource Mobilization

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Do the people who call your church home have a Biblical understanding of money and stewardship? Does your faith community remind you of the church described in Acts 4:32, “All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they had”?

Imagine a return to the way God intended His people to view giving - a radical change of heart prompting us to treat all that we possess as belonging to Him (not our own to use as we please) - a turnaround in priorities inspiring us to be grateful managers of the Lord’s property (not merely consumers) – an understanding that giving is an opportunity rather than an obligation - an outgrowth of who we are in Christ.

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Keywords: Lausanne, Leadership Network, Resource Mobilization, stewardship, sharing

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