The Debt-Free Church: Moving toward Financial Freedom While Growing Your Ministry - Softcover

Berg, Jeff; Burgess

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0802422861 ISBN 13: 9780802422866

Publisher: Moody Publishers, 1996

Synopsis

What's a church to do when its needs are apparent, but its funds are not? Authors Jeff Berg and Jim Burgess examine both the tragedies that occur when a church borrows money and the blessings that result when a church is debt-free. See how your church can be a vital, energetic and growing ministry while staying debt-free!

About this title

From the Author

This book is for anyone who cares about ministry finances!
It's not just for pastors--and it's not an impossible dream! Jim Burgess and I wrote this book to encourage anyone involved in ministry, ESPECIALLY the lay leaders who are often in charge of ministry financial decisions. The Debt-Free Church is intended for ANYONE who is concerned about the financial status of their Christian ministry. This book does NOT teach that borrowing is a sin (it's not); nor does it "slam-dunk" people or ministries who have borrowed to expand. Rather, this book tries to ENCOURAGE and EXHORT people to look into Biblical alternatives to borrowing. We examine the subject of borrowing for several perspectives, with special focus on Biblical models for ministry funding. We also examine the role of the family in modeling a debt-free lifestyle, and we illustrate the book with dozens of case studies and examples of real ministries. We also provide practical and Biblical strategies for getting out of ministry debt and expanding a debt-free ministry without additional borrowing. This book is actively endorsed by Larry Burkett, Ron Blue, Howard Dayton, George Foshee, and Bob Frank (editor of the No-Debt Living Newsletter).

Edition details

• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802422861
• ISBN 13: 9780802422866
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210