Just had our quarterly Stewardship Team meeting. The ST keeps a pulse on finances with monthly reports for NCC and Ebenezers. But our quarterly meeting is a “zoom out and look at the big picture” meeting.

Nothing worse than a financial meeting when you aren’t doing well financial. It’s depressing and stressful. But I’ve also learned that a financial meeting can be the equivalent of a prayer meeting or worship experience if God is making provision for the vision! Definitely been on both sides of the equation over the years. I still remember when our income was $2000/month. We were hurtin for certain! That barely covered rent.

I honestly think the financial turning point for us was when we started investing in missions. We wrote a $50 check to a missionary before NCC was even self-sufficient financially. We felt compelled to give and God honored it. We experienced a 600% increase in giving the next month and never looked back. We’re on track to give $300,000+ to missions in 2007. And I really believe the day will come when we’re giving millions to missions. Hope we get there sooner than later!