by
Loren Mead
Loren Mead's Ten Reasons to Celebrate Endowments
Endowments:
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Proclaim somebody trusts the church.
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Move us toward total stewardship - beyond the checkbook.
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Challenge us to plan how we will use accumulated assets.
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Awaken us to the right of wealth.
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Sometimes preserve the possibility of ministry.
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open doors to wider mission opportunities.
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may help us through our current period of non-growth.
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feed the grass roots, the pioneering spirit of local initiative for mission.
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Put us in touch with the spiritual problem of our nation and society B how to be a rich Christian.
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hallenge us to the vocation of being a faithful steward of all gifts.
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