INVESTMENT
One day in July, a farmer sat in front of his shack, smoking his corncob pipe. Along came a stranger who asked, “How’s your cotton coming?” “Ain’t got none,” was the answer. “Didn’t plant none. ‘Fraid of the boll weevil.” “Well, how’s your corn?” “Didn’t plant none. ‘Fraid o’ drouth.” “How about your potatoes?” “Ain’t got none. Scairt o’ tater bugs.” “Well,” finally asked the stranger, “what did you plant?” “Nothin’,” answered the farmer. “I just played it safe.” There are some churches, it is said, which are not doing much planting. They are not winning the lost in the community and are giving little, if any, to missions. They are not actively seeking to enlist members in the work of the church and of the kingdom, or to lead them to grow in stewardship. For one reason or another, they do not have a financial plan for the church and do not ask the members to make a pledge or to tithe.…
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