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March 31, 2008
Church giving translates into ministry
I don't think we talk enough about stories like Churches help ease pain of flood victims. We get so focused on the intricate details of the machine known as Cooperative Program that we (as so many have said before) "fail to see the forest for the tree."
This story demonstrates how church giving enabled local churches, state conventions, and national agencies such as the North American Mission Board to help living, breathing people in need as a result of flooding.
We need to tell more stories like this one. Stories that demonstrate our ability as a denomination to come together and mobilize to make a ministry impact and "be Jesus" to people who have lost everything.
This is the ministry that is funded through local church giving. This is demonstrative of the reality that more money really does mean more ministry.
Every number does have a story. The machine isn't perfect. But it's the best thing on the market.
Posted by bstroup at March 31, 2008 1:13 AM
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