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In this issue...
Front & Center:
Doing Good with
Good Bucks
Jerry Thacker
Uniform National
Standards of
Care for Pregnancy
Help Centers
Thomas A. Glessner
No Free Lunch?
Patrick McLaughlin
Teaching Abstinence
in Schools
A Different Road
Laura Baker
Reaching Out to Men
Paula E. Smith
Rebuilding Your Life
David J. O'Leary
Marketing 101
Jerry Thacker
Volunteer
Recruitment
Barbara Willsher
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Submitted by the Crisis Pregnancy
Center, Bremerton, Washington |
In Washington, DC, it's said that money is the "mother's milk of politics." In truth, it's the mother's milk for lots of activities including CPC/PCC ministry. As you plan spring and fall banquets and fundraising walks, keep in mind the real purpose of such events. You want to help people fulfill their God-given obligation of stewardship.
What is Christian stewardship? One man has written: "The Christian principle of the stewardship of possessions, time, and personality is the outgrowth of the fundamental teachings of Jesus concerning a man's obligation to make any needful sacrifice for the progress of God's kingdom" (Harper).
In earlier times, the steward was a carefully chosen and wholly trusted servant. Christians understand that they should be good stewards of the assets with which God blesses them. God is the owner of all we have, and we are the caretakers of what we have. "The earth is the Lord's and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it" (Psalms 24:1).
Helping folks in our affluent society give sacrificially -- to carry out biblical stewardship -- in support of the cause of the kingdom of Jesus Christ is what your CPC/PCC giving opportunity is all about. Since our government has decided not to protect unborn life, volunteers whom God sends your way must understand the need for funding to help you make up for the lack of moral character of the civil authorities who have forgotten God.
We must never lose sight of the true ministry of God in the hearts and minds of all those whom our ministries touch -- from volunteers and board members to staffers, donors, and clients. If we can help, let us know.
Jerry Thacker, Publisher
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