Using Church Resources in Alignment with a Missional Approach
I believe that there is a direct correlation between how a church
spends its money and its effectiveness in engaging the world. If the church
spends all its money on itself (I mean using it to run the “show” – I would
include staff, building, etc. in this), there's a pretty good chance that it's
going to be stalled out as far as growth is concerned. I am shocked (although,
I shouldn’t be) by how most churches use their money. Seriously, many churches
feel like it is a herculean achievement to allocate 10% of their money outside
of the building and its members.
One
of the churches that I've had the privilege of helping start, Emmaus Church,
actually spends 50% of its budget outside of their building/members, in the community where they reside.