The Church and Money Part 5

Talking about how we handle the resources God has blessed us with in preaching and teaching cause some in the church to become upset. They might say that they are going to leave if the church keeps talking about money? They might say it is none of your business what I/we do with our money or how we handle our possessions? They might say stewardship is more than money hoping the church will only talk about stewardship in vague and ambiguous terms (btw, stewardship does of course include more than money and possessions and encompasses our whole lives but not to the exclusion of money and possessions!).

What I have found is that the people who object most vehemently to the church talking about money and possessions are not young believers or persons who are still trying to figure out their faith, it is more often than not the people who have been there forever who don't give and quite apart from anything the church does feel guilty about it. Those who are new to faith understand that how we use what we have is an issue of faith and that ministry takes resources. It is an interesting phenomena.