“Christian stewardship is the practice of systematic and proportionate giving of time, abilities and material possessions, based on the the conviction that these are trusts from God to be used in his service for the benefit of all mankind in grateful acknowledgement of Christ’s redeeming love.”
Helge Brattgård, God’s Stewards: A Theological Study of the Principles and Practices of Stewardship, trans. Gene J. Lund (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1963) 5.