Baptist Press reported last week that Cooperative Program giving for the first month of our fiscal year is 5% below target. To be fair, at the time of the report, a few smaller state/regional conventions had not yet sent in their CP allotments. Yet none of those outstanding conventions are...
We are excited to welcome you to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. “Baptist Press reported last week that Cooperative Program giving for the first month of our fiscal year is 5% below target.” That is the opening sentence to our lead post, A Call to Southern Baptist Leaders. That is...
We are excited to welcome you to another edition of the Stewardship Journal. Is debt unbiblical for a church? Is debt practical for a church? When does it make sense to pay off a debt, and when should you not pay off a debt? Those are a few of the questions...
Chuck Lawless is the Dean of Doctoral Studies and Vice-President of Spiritual Formation and Ministry Centers at Southeastern Seminary. The following was originally posted on his blog at https://chucklawless.com/2023/10/10-reasons-long-term-pastorates-matter/ Just this week, I had a conversation with an aspiring pastor asking about the importance of pastors staying at a church...
The following is a great example of how to position paying down a debt. The following was produced with my help for a church that was attempting to pay off a debt they had been paying down for some time.
“Should we burn the mortgage note before we start raising money for future projects?” That was a question one of my pastors asked me last week in a Zoom call about planning for their future. Let me state right up front: one of my goals is to get churches out of...
