A Ministry of Stewardship

 

In the Bible, a steward means manager and stewardship means management. Biblically, the owner owns everything, the steward nothing, yet the steward is accountable to the owner for the management of all the owner’s possessions. The Christian recognizes God’s ownership, and biblical stewardship is our management of that which belongs to God to support His redemptive purposes as revealed in Jesus Christ. 

 

Corporate Stewardship

The church, as a steward, is responsible for two areas: responsible management of the church’s resources in keeping with its mission; development of Christian stewards, which involves educating church members to understand Christian stewardship and implement it in their lives. Only the church can teach believers how to live the Christian life, including the proper relationship to material resources.

 

Personal Stewardship

Christian stewardship is learned. Stewardship is living life, recognizing that all resources – material and spiritual – belong to God, and that He has entrusted them to us to be used for His purposes. 

 

The Church Stewardship Committee

The Stewardship Committee serves as the management committee of the church and is responsible for developing and implementing a ministry of stewardship. Four committee sections function independently at times and come together at other times as a single unit. The four sections are Education, Budget, Estate, and Accounting. Each section works with the committee chairman to accomplish section and committee goals.

 

 

Steve Carty is currently the chair of the Stewardship Committee; contact him if you'd like to get involved with this group.