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Where Does the Money Come From?

| posted 11/02/2007

One of the most worried about and least discussed problem in every Christian organization is, "Where does the money come from?" Money does peculiar things to our thinking. If our church or other Christian organization has a significant balance, someone might say, "My, the Lord is really blessing!" On the other hand, if it is in short supply, we may hear, "Too bad; they are really suffering for the Lord!"

Money is a very personal thing. If you don't believe it, the next time you are in a social group, ask someone how much money they earn each year and listen for the deathly silence in the rest of the room!

But we need to talk (and write) about money. For money is one of the great "tools" that God has given us to carry out his business.

Input—Process—Output

Let's try to fit money into proper perspective. Every organization can be thought of as going through a three-step, repetitive process of 1) inputting resources into the organization, 2) processing those resources in order to ...

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