Living for Giving: A Wesleyan View of Stewardship

A Wesleyan View of Stewardship

by Bishop Ken Carder

Produced by the Western North Carolina Conference

Made available to Tennessee and Memphis Conferences

by the Nashville Area United Methodist Foundation

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Download the Study Guide:  www.nashaumf.org/Stewardship/

The mission of The United Methodist Church is to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world.  This involves our answering the call of Christ to be faithful and to be in mission to and with others.  That call cannot be accomplished fully without being good stewards of all of God’s resources, including financially.

We must remember that the main reason for giving is not to maintain the church as an institution.  The reason we encourage giving is to meet the spiritual need of the giver to share what God has given, in order to grow in faith and to join others in fulfilling our sacred mission.

Giving is a spiritual matter and reflects our commitment to Jesus Christ.  The church is concerned with the whole person.  The wise stewardship of our financial resources energizes a strong ministry of outreach and assists individual believers to establish and keep a healthy relationship with money and material possessions in their own lives.

The resources and staff of The Nashville Area United Methodist Foundation, a ministry serving the Tennessee and Memphis Conferences, are available to the churches and people of these two conferences.  Call us for assistance with endowment programs, church loans and investments, estate planning, gift annuities, and other matters regarding stewardship and extending the love of Christ across time.