Cooperative Program
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Each of these vignettes is two minutes or less in length and features the ministry of international and North American missionaries. Your participation in Cooperative Program (CP) empowers these efforts in your state, across the nation, and around the world. These vignettes are suitable for use in a variety of ways including: during Sunday morning or Sunday evening worship; as part of your announcements or prayer time; during the offering; as part of your Wednesday prayer service; as part of a missions study; as a sermon illustration; as part of a new members’ class; as part of a video loop that runs in the foyer or other areas of your church; during small group studies.
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2011 Missionary Moments Prayer Guide
Provides weekly visits into the lives and ministries of 104 missionaries on the field and reminders of benefits of the Cooperative Program.
2011 Missionary Moments Prayer Guide DVD
Twelve video vignettes brings to life the work Southern Baptist missionaries are doing around the globe. Complements the Missionary Moment Prayer Guide. An inspirational visual resource for a church service or a small group.
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The Cooperative Program in Alabama
One Program,
The Cooperative Program
The most basic Cooperative Program brochure.
It explains the basics of Cooperative Program giving and explains the process and benefits.
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The Cooperativre Program in Alabama
Missional Mutual Fund Brochure
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The Cooperative Program in Alabama
Poster
Download a pdf Note: This is a large file. High speed connection needed.
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The Gift brochure - New for 2011!
7"x7" 5-panel foldout (10 total panels)
This new resource answers the basic questions every church member needs to know when their church participates in the Cooperative Program:
1. Where do my gifts go?
2. Who do they impact?
A separate poster set is available for download.
Suggested uses: new members classes, members education, yearly missions emphasis, missions trip training and bulletin inserts are just a few ideas.
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We > Me* - foldout brochure
Redesigned! New Size 6" x 6"
This brochure unfolds to a two-sided 24"x24" sheet. This brochure relates the history, the process, and the potential of CP and offers a picture of what God is doing around the world as Southern Baptist work together to build God's kingdom.
Suggested uses: new members’ classes or packets; hand out during a missions study or emphasis; distribute to budget and missions committees, and many other uses.
We > Me (PowerPoint File)
Relates the history, the process, and the potential of CP and offers a picture of what God is doing around the world as Southern Baptist work together to build God's kingdom. Right-click on the link and select "Save Target As…" or "Save Link As…"
Download PowerPoint File
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Every Number Has A Story DVD Volume 4
Numbers tell us things about life, about ourselves, and about the impact we have on others. These short features bring numbers to life and show your church is putting love in action as you engage the world through the Cooperative Program. This DVD contains nine videos including New Day (stewardship) features.
Every Number Has a Story Volume 4
Suggested uses: Use this as you travel and speak throughout your state, leave one with each pastor you contact during the year; make copies available for other state missions staff for use in their travels; on-going missions promotion in the local church; give one to group leaders at various state events.
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Custom Designed Cooperative Program Bulletin inserts.
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We will design a bulletin insert for your church. Available (in multiples of 100) for $20 per 100. Your cost is 20¢ each.
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Budgeting
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Building a Church Budget Bridge for the Kingdom
(church budget for financial lay leadership)
This resource booklet focuses on the specific task of church budget development, including sections on seeking spiritual direction, consulting with church organizational leaders, building congregational acceptance and encouraging personal commitments. The booklet also includes helpful worksheets and a church ministry budget model.
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Building a Church Budget Wall Together for the Kingdom
(church budget for the staff leader)
A church budget is one way to see how God is still alive in a church. This booklet helps you discover the comprehensive church budget process by discussing the following topics:
- Church Vision: Who are we?
- Church Commitment: What are we called to do?
- Ministry Cost: What will it cost?
- Ministry Funding: How is it possible?
- Stewardship Education
- How to Develop a Vision Statement
- Sample Line Item of Fixed Expenses
“…Let us start building.” So they began this good work. Nehemiah 2:18
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Connecting the Dots
Connecting the Dots is designed to provide a basic understanding and implementation plan for three individual but related products: Catch the Vision (stewardship ministry), Building a Church Budget Wall Together (church budget for the staff leader), and Building a Church Budget Bridge for the Kingdom (church budget for financial lay leadership).
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Budget Toolbox for Churches*
The variety of approaches in churches call for a variety of budget tools. The toolbox includes both an audio CD and a data CD. There are six different tools for building your church’s budget:
- Budgeting and Values
- Contemporary Church Budgeting
- People Based Budgeting
- Priority Based Budgeting
- New Church Start Budgeting
- Budgeting for the Church Without a Written Budget.
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Great Challenge Budget: Charting Your Course
An interactive budget development program that involves members in planning the ministries of the church in a workshop setting.
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Tithing Emphasis
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Tithing Counts
A Three-Sunday Tither's Enlistment Emphasis that uses a simple format of sermons, testimonies, dramas, responsive reading, Sunday School lessons for preschool, children, youth and adults and member's Bible study leaflet. The emphasis leads to a "Tithing Counts Sunday" where members are asked to bring an offering equal to at least the tithe of one-week's income. Included is a pastor's leadership resource packet with camera-ready items to reproduce on a copier.
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Encouraging the Heart
A Three-Sunday Giving Enlistment Emphasis that includes:
(1) Encouraging Givers' Hearts,
(2) Inspiring Christians to Give.
(3) Giving from the Heart.
It includes a packet of camera-ready items for reproduction on a copier, as well as a CD-ROM that contains all materials needed to conduct this stewardship emphasis - pastor's resource manual, sermons, drama, letters, clip art, PowerPoint presentation, Sunday School lessons, letterhead, offering envelopes, poster, commitment card, worship handouts and stewardship Scripture studies.
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Be An Encourager: Tithe
(brochure with a three-week emphasis)
A three-Sunday tithing program that helps your church take a healthy look at being an encourager through their giving and tithes.
A comprehensive 3 Sunday Stewardship church emphasis building around the biblical characters of Malachi, Barnabas and Jesus.
Be an Encourager: Tithe utilizes a Pastor’s Resource Guide, sample letters, sermons, newsletter ads, poster, offering envelopes, clip art and bulletin inserts.
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Receive: Encouragement from God’s Word!
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Respond: with Encouragement from God’s Promises!
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Rejoice: with Encouragement from God’s Provisions!
A sample packet of materials is available for your review. You will receive on CD (provides sermons on Powerpoint, age graded lessons, etc.) a Preparation Guide, Sunday School lessons for all age levels with teacher guides and commentary, sermons with accompanying PowerPoint presentations and Circle of Tithe presentation and newsletter graphics.
Bulletin inserts, posters and offering envelopes can be ordered later for your use. Including bulletin inserts for three Sundays and large full color theme poster. Tithing tracts are also available.
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Life Realities
Life Realities is a Four Sunday resource targeting Post-Moderns (the 40 and under age group), but quite relevant for the entire church. Life Realities allows persons to see what they are made of in some basic areas of life.
Resources include:
- 4 Small Group Studies
- How Do I Use My Time?
- Choosing God’s Priorities
- The Gifts God Gives
- Bold Witness
- Worship Resource Book (contains guide, worship plans, drama, special theme song and sermons and PowerPoint)
- Poster
- 4 Inserts
- CD-ROM
- 4 Sermons
- Promotion Brochure
- Commitment Card
- Offering Envelope
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Tithing is a Spiritual Issue
We are witnessing some stewardship trends that can be rightly called disturbing.What can be done to reverse these trends?
First, we must reclaim anintentional strategy of teaching tithing to our people.
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Stewardship Development
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Give: Follow Christ's Example
Poster and brochure serve as a theme for your stewardship emphasis.
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Give: Follow Christ's Example
Preaching Helps on Stewardship
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Seven Guides for Church Stewardship Leaders
- Make Giving More Worshipful
- Help New Givers to Grow
- Enlist More Tithers
- Have a Stewardship Revival in your Church
- Establish An Estate Stewardship/Planned Giving Presence in Your Church
- Creatively Present Your Church Budget
- Plan and Conduct Stewardship Enrichment Activities
CD containing 7 Guides and PowerPoint presentations enclosed in a CD case with a booklet insertion:
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A written leader-guide explaining ways to use the seven guides
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A CD containing:
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A PowerPoint presentation which gives an overview of the guides.
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7 different guides (text files)
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7 different PowerPoint presentations that match each of the guides.
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Stewardship Dramas:
Spotlight on Stewardship
Dramatic skits to promote stewardship in your church.
Spotlight on Stewardship is a resource of more than 20 dramatic skits to promote stewardship in your church. The skits are brief one to three minute stewardship sketches that can be done during worship services around the themes of worship, giving and tithing.
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Restoring Hearts Around the Cooperative Program
A drama resource of Cooperative Program sketches are provided for use in worship, mission challenge or other setting.
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Catch the Vision...a church of Growing and Committed Christian Stewards
A resource to help your Stewardship Team or Committee develop action plans for a strong stewardship ministry in your church.
Six different action plans covered in this resource:
- Stewardship Education
- Capital Fund-Raising
- Estate Planning
- Basic Actions
- Accounting
- Budgeting
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*Seek First the Kingdom - Developing the Giver's Heart
This Sunday School lesson is on "Generous Giving." Scripture passages used are 2 Corinthians 8:1-12 and 1 Corinthians 16:2. There is a Sunday School Teacher Guide and Sunday School Study Guide.
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*Bible Teachings on Giving-Adult Students
This booklet contains five Sunday School lessons on giving that were written in conjunction with "Planned Growth In Giving" emphasis.
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*Bible Teachings on Giving-Adult Teachers
This booklet contains five Sunday School lessons on giving that were written in conjunction with "Planned Growth In Giving" emphasis.
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Books/Booklets
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Church Treasurer’s Role
Help your church be a better steward of your financial resources.
The Church Treasurer’s Role is a comprehensive book on the role of the church treasurer. It deals with the principle functions of receiving, accounting and disbursement of church funds within the guidelines of church policies.
Topics include:
- Developing a Concept of Money
- Who Gives the Money?
- Designated Fund Management
- How is the Money Disbursed?
- Reports, Reports, Reports
- Safeguarding assets from waste, fraud, and inefficient use
- Promoting accuracy and reliability in the accounting records
- Encouraging compliance with church policies
- Evaluating the efficiency of operations
- Plus many other relevant topics
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Internal Controls 2010
Topics:
- Audit accounting records and the underlying internal controls annually
- Cancel supporting documents
- Charges by staff members
- Collection reports
- Contribution records for members
- Counting Committee
- Create a paper trail for every financial transaction
- Educate your contributors
- Establish and follow written, up-to-date accounting procedures
- fidelity bonds
- Financial Policies
- Financial reports
- Handling accounts
- Handling cash receipts
- Handling disbursements
- Internal audit committee
- Internal Controls
- Inventory securities, valuables, equipment, and other major non-cash assets
- Invoices
- Mail and in-office contributions
- Never sign blank checks
- Offering envelopes
- Petty cash system?
- Preventing theft of funds
- Purchase orders
- Reconciliations of bank accounts by a person who is not involved in writing checks
- Record all gifts
- Record expenses in the correct accounting period
- Require at least two signatures for all checks
- Requisitions
- Restrictively endorse all checks
- Safe-deposit box
- Safeguard accounting records at all times
- Separate financial duties
- Train the treasurer and financial assistant
- Transfers among bank accounts
- Verify that the contents of the offering envelopes are identical to the amounts written on the envelopes
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Financial Issues 2010
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Church Safety
- High-risk Activities
- Children and Youth Workers
- Reports to Authorities
- Counseling Situations
- Insurance
- Sexual Misconduct
Church Schools
Copyright
- Print
- Music
- Software
- Internet
- Video
Employment Practices
Incorporation
Items of Interest
- Publishing Salary Information
- Employee Contracts
- Church Membership Disputes
- Property Disputes
- Wills, trusts, and estates
- Building Codes
- Correctly Filing and Retaining Records
- Alabama Rules of Evidence, Rule 505
- Alabama DOR Combined Registration/Application/Change Form
- Time Sheet
- Release of Photographs of Minors
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Labor Law
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act 1967 (ADEA) Age Discrimination Act of1975
- Americans with Disability Act (ADA)
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Clergy-Penitent Privilege
- Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
- Employee Polygraph Protection Act of 1988 (EPPA)
- EEOC
- Family and Medical Leave Act of 1983 (FMLA)
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- Immigration Reform and Control Acts of 1986
- National Labor Relations Act
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
- Unemployment Insurance
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)
- Worker’s Compensation
Malpractice: Clergy and Church
- Counseling
- Misconduct
- Invasion of Privacy, Libel and/or Slander
Risk Management
Tax Law
Vehicles
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5 Steps to Successful Money Management:
How to Live Wisely and Worry Less
By Lee E. Davis
A book that can help your families:
- Reach goals you've only dreamed about in the past,
- Keep from worrying so much about your bank balance,
- Build an emergency fund to reduce money crises,
- Be more contented,
- Free mental energy for more creative thinking,
- Have a happier family,
- Stop paying interest to other people,
- Make your money work for you,
- Pay cash for your cars,
- Have money to give away,
- Provide adequate insurance for you and yours, and
- Have an adequate retirement income!
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Christian Stewardship in Action
This book is out of print and in short supply. We have them.
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Living Life for the Highest Purpose
Living Life for the Highest Purpose is about living for the ultimate reason: knowing and serving God. It’s about how life itself is a resource to be used in doing God’s will and experiencing fulfillment. This understanding of life’s purpose is an exalted definition of biblical stewardship.
The book guides church leaders through a Biblical study of stewardship. It’s a book about how life itself is a resource to be used in doing God’s will and experiencing maximum fulfillment.
Chapters include:
- Partners in Subduing Creation
- Christ, the Perfect Steward
- The Church, the Steward of Mission
- The Christian’s Thinking
- The Christian’s Practice - 1, 2, 3
- Stewardship and the Church Leader
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Successful Christian Money Management
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Cooperation: The Baptist Way to a Lost World
The classic work on the subject. This book is out of print and in short supply. We have them.
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Personal Money Management
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How Much is Enough?
(Larry Burkett)
This is a four-week emphasis on building stewards that involves adults and older youth in a series of devotional studies. Participants read daily devotions and then gather in small group sessions once during each of the four weeks. Instructions for those facilitating small-group sessions are in the back of the Devotional Guide. Personal study can be enhanced using a four-part videotape as a weekly guide or as part of a small-group session.
Brochures are available for no charge through this office.
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Its a New Day for Financial Freedom
Road to Financial Freedom
This curriculum series serves as the introductory churchwide outreach program for starting a comprehensive financial teaching program in your church. Coordinated as a sermon series along with supporting student materials for Bible study, Sunday School, or small groups, your church can effectively and economically teach God’s financial principles.
This section gives an overview of The Road to Financial Freedom including kit contents and additional tools and resources.
This section offers a wide array of support items for The Road to Financial Freedom kit that will help make your series a great success.
Order the digital student handout, leader guide, and other materials in this section.
Crown Consultants
Trained Crown field staff in your local area may be available to assist you in developing your Road to Financial Freedom Curriculum series as well as a comprehensive financial teaching program. They offer their help as a service to you and your church.
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Sunday School Lessons on Stewardship
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*Seek First the Kingdom - Developing the Giver's Heart
This lesson is on "Generous Giving." Scripture passages used are 2 Corinthians 8:1-12 and 1 Corinthians 16:2. There is a Sunday School Teacher Guide and Sunday School Study Guide.
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Challenge To Build Lesson
Strength for this Good Work
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Challenge To Build Lesson
Building together for the Glory of God.
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Bulletin Inserts
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Every Number Has a Story:
CP Missions Bulletin Inserts
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Series of Bulletin Inserts*
These are no longer being printed and are in short supply.
- Growing in Giving (increase giving)
- Living by Giving (stewardship/giving)
- Honor God With Your Commitments (stewardship commitment)
- Bless God by Giving (stewardship commitment)
- God, Family and Uncle Sam (estate planning)
- For Best Results…Manage You Finances (Christian money management)
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When I Tithe, My Church is Strengthened
One of the early disciples was known as the “Son of Encouragement, “ Barnabas encouraged his fellow church members through generous giving. Acts 4:36-37 describes his decision to sell a piece of property and give the proceeds to the church. As a result the Bible says: “There were no needy persons among them.” (Acts 4:34).
All of us long for a supportive environment where needs can be eliminated. Jesus assures us that in His Father’s house “are many mansions” (John 14:2). He describes a place where all our needs will be met with compassion and benevolence. The church becomes an extension of our Heavenly Father’s house when we provide care and strength for our fellow believers. Our willingness to strengthen our church’s ministry through giving a tithe or more of our income on a regular basis makes church more like heaven on earth.
You can be a “son of encouragement,” like Barnabas, if you will set your heart on financial obedience. God provides all of our resources, and when we acknowledge His care for us by giving a tithe or more, our church is strengthened. If you have never practiced tithing, now is a good time to start. If you have been faithful for many years, why not give beyond a tenth? Spiritual encouragement will overflow on account of your obedience. Be an encourager: Tithe!
Copyright © 2006 Stewardship Development Association
Sermon outlines and PowerPoint slides which complement the inserts are available.
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When I Tithe, Missionaries are Multiplied
Barnabas and Paul were the first missionaries commissioned by the early church at Antioch. Acts 13 and 14 describe their success in planting churches in the Middle East, and their report of encouragement to the church at Antioch. Even though they were successful working together, when it was time for a second journey, they had a sharp disagreement centered on John Mark, who had failed to complete the first missionary assignment with them. Paul chose Silas as a partner instead, and they headed for Greece. Barnabas, ever the encourager, chose John Mark and sailed for Cyprus. What could have been interpreted as a failed effort, actually resulted in twice as many missionary teams.
All of us long to see more missionaries and to see the kingdom of God increase and multiply. By faithfully giving a tithe or more of our income through the church, we encourage the commissioning of more missionaries. Barnabas gave his missionary encouragement to John Mark. Years later, Paul writes from prison asking John Mark to come to his aid (II Timothy 4:11). If Barnabas had not been faithful to his namesake as a “Son of Encouragement, “ Paul’s ministry may have been impaired.
We have the opportunity every Sunday to multiply missionary performance through gifts of prayer, encouragement, and faithful tithing. If we fail to be generous, could we impair the growth of God’s Kingdom and shrink his missionary force? Be an encourager: Tithe!
Copyright © 2006 Stewardship Development Association
Sermon outlines and PowerPoint slides which complement the inserts are available.
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When I Tithe, Ministry is Extended
Barnabas was known in the early church as the “Son of Encouragement.” In Acts 9:27-28 Barnabas gives his endorsement with the church to introduce Saul, a young dynamic preacher who had been recently converted from Judaism. Saul had a checkered past and had been actively involved in persecuting and imprisoning Christians. Through the gift of encouragement and endorsement, Barnabas was able to introduce the struggling new church to a minister who would become the greatest evangelist of the first century.
All of us long for a church that is growing and vibrant in ministry. When Barnabas and Saul combined their gifts at the church in Antioch “a great number of people were brought to the Lord” (Acts 11:24-26). The same promise of blessing is ours today. When God’s people combine their spiritual gifts with faithful tithes and offerings, many people will come to know Jesus as Lord. The encouragement of knowing Jesus personally always results in a spirit of thanksgiving and generosity. One of the first actions of believers in Antioch was to send an offering to the church in Jerusalem (Acts 11:30).
You can extend the ministry effectiveness of your church by regularly giving a tithe or more of your income. Your gifts encourage other believers to play a larger role in ministry in today’s world. Who knows when another evangelist like the Apostle Paul will appear. Perhaps he awaits your encouragement. Be an encourager: Tithe!
Copyright © 2006 Stewardship Development Association
Sermon outlines and PowerPoint slides which complement the inserts are available.
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Tracts
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Sets of Themed Tracts
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Set of Two
Biblical Giving: God's Compass
Answers About Tithing
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Series of Three
Once Upon a Time (honoring God's abundance)
The Bible Says (giving)
Free to be Financial Disciples (money management)
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Individual Tracts
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CP Missions 101
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Life on Loan
stewardship of life
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God's Ownership: My Accountability (stewardship/ownership)
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How to Financially Empower a Congregation for Kingdom Growth
(budgeting, year-round ideas)
"How to Financially Empower a Congregation for Kingdom Growth"
This brochure provides nine suggestions on financially empowering a church, as well as suggested weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual activities/emphases, and a list of resources to help carry out these activities and emphases.
Financially Empowering Congregations
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Two Sided Coin
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HD: Hi Definition Missions
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7 steps to be a Faithful and Wise Manager |
Posters
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Every Number Has a Story:
CP Missions Posters
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