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Pastor: Fund Raiser for Mission

To a present culture of materialism, selfishness, and consumerism, we are called to model in our own lives and teach others Christian financial stewardship. Each of us clergy and lay leaders can be trained in our discipling to not only make good stewards of our people, but also to talk the language of fund raising and do so with the conviction that it is an important part of our Christian ministry. (Photo by Fallonyates, used by Creative Commons license.)

FLC Maquoketa

First Lutheran Church, Maquoketa, Iowa, Recipient of ‘Good Steward Award’

 ”Each of us has our own faith stories and our own financial stories,” Rev. Gerald E Gjerde told the ELCA Lutheran News Service ”We have to challenge ourselves, be open to the Spirit and seek guidance in terms of what we will do for how we will offer.” Click here for the full story.

Discovering your church’s mission

By the Rev. Roger R. Skatrud
The primary focus of the church centers on the Gospel. The work of the congregation must grow out of this focus. The structure of the congregation is helpful only as it facilitates mission and ministry. If we take away our focus, the church has no compelling reason for existence.

Biblically based practices turn dollars into sense

By The Rev. Casey Zesch
An irony: that we work hard to get dollars and then have to be saved from them! Lest our dollars – and the possessions they buy -should possess us, why not turn dollars into sense? A sense, that is, of personal, congregational, and churchwide mission.

  • September 20
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