You’ll need your bible for this one.
To find out how to pull off a church barbecue, check here: Acts 29:13.
To read about the successful bake sale they had in Corinth, look here: II Corinthians 8:28-29.
To get biblical instructions for a profitable yard sale, study Colossians 5:1-7 in depth.
And the guidebook for the first-ever church pumpkin patch is in Ephesians 2:23-24.
Notice a pattern?
Now for God’s one appointed fund raiser, you can legitimately look up I Corinthians 16:1-2.
That’s it. That’s what we do. Sunday morning offering. Nothing else. We don’t waste your time, we don’t drain your energy, we don’t frustrate you with small appeals. Sunday offering.
And when it comes to those offerings in 2009, God has been doing things for which there is no explanation . . . except that God is doing them.
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Sounds like a “Simple Church” trying to be Christian Christians!
It has indeed been unbelievable. God will provide. We must believe. -Ben S.
You missed the wrong passage for the church barbeque … Leviticus 3:16
Many people seem to twist and misquote the bible to support their particular position. I know you are explaining the simplicity in the way GS regards the offering. However are you also suggesting that if its NOT in the bible then it is “Un-Christian”?
Not really. I’m simply suggesting that there is no pattern at all in either the OT or NT of the people of God doing fund raisers in the modern sense. They were simply asked to give . . . and they responded.
So I don’t think fund raisers are necessarily “unChristian.” However, they are bad strategy in terms of moving a church towards generosity. They are a drain on resources, energy, and creativity. Most importantly, they give many people within church a reason NOT to tithe: “hey, I’m supporting the BBQ, why should I give more?”
I think you are right “on the money.” As you have pointed out, Gods fundraising strategy for the church was rather simple; unfortunately too many churches don’t get that.