Benevolence Ministries in the Church - 1

Let’s start this series with a couple of questions:

what has been your experience with benevolence ministry?
What has worked well and what has needed improvement?
How have you balanced being discerning with compassion?
How do you define what someone is genuinely in need of?
Do you assess more than just financial needs?
What kind of follow up is necessary (type, [...]

171 Urban Ministry Resources Including Links, Annotations, and Contact Information

This is a work in progress (as you can tell by the formatting). It is an attempt to catalog inner city ministries and Christian urban outreach programs across the United States. Each resource has a link, an annotation, and a contact. They are sorted by city and state and then by category. I put this [...]

Balancing Discipleship and Stewardship

Stewardship at the Cost of Discipleship:
One of the most difficult balances I have encountered in life is the balance between discipleship and stewardship. I think stewardship has sometimes been an excuse to be greedy, after all, we wouldn’t want someone to have to pay our way when we are too old to work so it [...]

Giving God the Firstfruits of Our Time

The Israelites were repeatedly reminded of the importance of giving their firstfruits to the Lord. What are the firstfruits? The Israelites were to give the first and best of the harvest. They were to give of the new wine, grain, oil, honey, and all that the fields produced. In 2 Chronicles 31:4-6 the people gave [...]