Reach North NSW Conference Evangelism News
SEP
09
Churches Increase Use of Tithe Reversion Funds by 90% What is Tithe Reversion? The Conference Finance Department is a little nervous. We can’t put our finger on the exact reason, but local churches have increased the amount of tithe reversion spent on evangelism by a whopping 90% since this time last year. Praise God! “Why is this good news? Shouldn’t we be cutting back?” I hear you say. Let me give you three reasons why spending money on mission is important. 1. We have been instructed by God to spend. Paul says in 2 Cor 12:15, “And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls.” There is nothing more valuable to God than the salvation of the lost. What price can you put on the salvation of a soul? Jesus would give His life for just one person. May we always value the lost with the same price. 2. It shows what is important to us. We can talk all day about our love for the lost, about our desire to fulfil the ‘Great Commission’, but actions always tell the real story. When you
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put your money where your mouth is, you mean what you say. I like how Jesus said it. “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matt 6:21). 3.
It grows the church and expands the Kingdom.
Each year the Conference gives back to each church 50% of their increase in tithe paid during the previous year for the purpose of Evangelism.
Jesus said that out of our lives would flow streams of living water (John 7:38). Of course, this is the work of the Holy Spirit. Money will not convert one soul. People who have found Jesus share Him with those who haven’t. This is how it works! So spending money does not guarantee anything. But it can often provide a bridge by funding a program or advertising or just meeting a need. Let us not be content with what we do now, but with ever increasing effort reach Australia for Christ. Pastor Justin Lawman
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