“Here are three simple but essential tasks…
Task #1 – Teach your members and visitors ways to practice better financial stewardship of their God-given resources.
Task #2 – Develop strategic ways to encourage giving, especially through mission.
Task #3 – Teach spiritual and biblical values that help members give as an act of worship and witness.”
Clayton Smith in Propel: Good Stewardship, Greater Generosity (Nashville: Abingdon, 2013) 31. He shared these comments at the Ecumenical Stewardship Center “Stewardship Fusion” conference on 28 April 2015.
Preaching on stewardship and teaching about generosity linked to our worship and witness is central to developing a culture of generosity in local church settings. Amen!