Ask, Thank, Tell : Improving Stewardship Ministry in Your Congregation

by Lane, Charles R.

• ISBN13: 9780806652634
• ISBN10: 0806652632
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-01
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub

Summary

The goal of this book, says author Charles Lane, is to perform a dramatic rescue of stewardship, freeing it from any connection whatsoever to "paying the bills." When the Bible talks about stewardship it almost always talks about the intimate connection between how a person handles financial matters and that person's relationship with God. Stewardship is an intensely spiritual matter that lies close to a disciple's relationship with Jesus.The book is designed especially for use in congregational planning and study. Congregational stewardship leaders will come back to three foundational verbs ? ask, thank, tell ? over and over as they help individuals experience the joy of giving generously. The author makes the convincing case that there is little in life today that can help a disciple grow in relationship with Jesus more than a solid intentional biblical stewardship.

Table of Contents

Preface	5	(2)
Introduction	7	(4)
Discipleship, Not Membership	11	(10)
It All Belongs to God	21	(12)
Money and Possessions in the New Testament	33	(12)
Portrait of a Biblical Giver	45	(12)
Practicing Biblical Stewardship	57	(10)
Ask: The Annual Response Program	67	(16)
Ask: Making the Pie Larger	83	(12)
Improving How You Ask	95	(8)
Thank	103	(10)
Tell	113	(10)
Organizing for Your Stewardship Ministry	123