THE REASON FOR THE BUDGET
The budget of our church is more than a set of figures, more than a projection of giving and a list of expenditures. It is the spiritual concerns, priorities, goals, and program of the congregation. It is the pastor’s preaching, teaching, counseling, visiting the sick, comforting the bereaved, and helping us know how to share our faith. It is the congregation’s praying and praising, the choir’s singing and the organ’s playing to the glory of God. It is the Sunday school teachers’ teaching the Word of God and the youth sponsors’ implanting spiritual guidelines for life. It is Bibles and Christian literature in the hands of children, youth and adults. It is missionaries in rural and urban areas helping the helpless in the name of Christ. It is missionaries sent overseas to preach the Good News of Jesus Christ, to heal the sick, to train the hungry to grow food, and to provide theological education for a new generation…
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