Fire in our hearts - Jesus Army

FIRE IN OUR HEARTS
alternative god of mammon! Who makes the decisions about
the use of money?
Noel: As far as our businesses are concerned, the directors
or partners. As far as church and community funds are concerned,
there are trustees. These are accountable to the members
and give reports at the annual general meeting.
Roger: Presumably you’re on the executives that make those
decisions?
Noel: I’m on a number of the executives, but not all.
Roger: Obviously people are always concerned about the
power that money brings.
Noel: We fully understand the danger of money power. We’ve
seen how Jesus said, ‘Sell your possessions.’ We’ve sought to
move away from the power of personal possessions. Like all
our elders and full community members, I have no personal
possessions or wealth.
Roger: How do the funds get used?
Noel: We accept that all the funds of the church and community
belong to the Lord, and we seek to use them with
wisdom in the Spirit within proper, constitutional, legal and
accounting structures. We don’t want to be rich, just to be
able to share the gospel and build the church, including community.
We do not ask the general public for funds and rarely
take collections in our meetings. We spend a fair amount of
money on our evangelistic campaigns and literature. We don’t
use money to wield wrong ‘influence’ over people and society,
but we do want to spread the gospel and engage in social
action as God directs.
Roger: Do you use your money to support any missionary
or aid organisations which don’t actually belong to you?
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