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Why is it necessary to form a stewardship
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A church council needs to do so for the same reason
that it can be dedicated to Christian instruction but needs an
education committee to put wheels on the church-education program.
In my experience councils typically try to toss the
matter of stewardship into the lap of an existing group, such as the
finance committee. But a finance committee is better equipped to
deal with administering funds than with leading the congregation to
provide them.
In some churches the diaconate is charged with the
job of guiding stewardship. That makes sense because stewardship is
part of the diaconal mandate. But most diaconates are simply too
large to function effectively as a committee of the whole. Financial
stewardship will advance in the average church only if a committee
is appointed that gives its full attention to it. (Heerspink, Firstfruits: A Stewardship Guide for Church Leaders).
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