Stewardship
The Bible views money as a gift from God, but the love of money is sinful. Stewardship is the biblical concept that welcomes money as a gift from God, but remembers that our property is ultimately God’s. Christian stewardship is a must for us all. Money can destroy an individual or family very quickly. Biblical stewardship is to look after the world in which we are placed (“A righteous man cares for the needs of his animal”. Proverbs 12:10). The goal is to develop and sustain the world. This is the particular sense in which we are called to be stewards of what has been entrusted to us.
The Christian Post
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter
After promising to refund the donations of members who questioned the stewardship of his church’s finances, outspoken Tennessee Pastor Greg Locke has reneged on that offer, and his attorney has allegedly threatened at least one donor who asked for their money back.
Locke, who leads the Global Vision Bible Church in Mount Juliet, made the offer during a diatribe against some members of his church during an Oct. 27 service amid a dispute about money donated to the church’s building fund.
“Listen, we got IRS paperwork. We got lawyers. We got a CPA that says we have a squeaky clean book, and you’re like, ‘Well, [why] won’t you show them to me?’ You think I carry them around in my iPhone?” Locke asked. More Here