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M:Power is the Christian Stewardship Event that aims to equip mission executives
and Christian leaders with biblical and practical tools for releasing
financial resources for church ministry and world mission.
Now in its fourth year, a successful series of 4 one-day conference
in the Spring of 2005 has been completed. At the final event, Bishop
James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool delivered the keynote message.
A decision and details for an event in 2006 will be published here
when the information is available later in the year. |
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Bishop James Jones, seen here addressing leaders... |
A
By-Word for Generosity
James
Jones, Bishop of Liverpool recently challenged a group of church
leaders to consider whether stewardship as a term was more often
used as a by-word for being miserly, rather than a term of generosity.
Delivering
the keynote address at M:Power,
the Christian Stewardship Event in Manchester, the Bishop said
that stewardship was more about generosity. "That is how
God stewards his creation. God's giving is magnanimous and big
hearted. Let stewardship be a by-word for generosity and not
meanness".
How
Spiritual is your Treasurer?
The
Bishop went on to warn against people who lead in money yet
are only interested in money and the balance sheet. Such people
can blight the ministry, he said. He warned against such unspiritual
treasurers who are a "source of resistance to every initiative
within the Kingdom of God".
At stewardship,
we support a good many treasurers. We recognise that this
is a crucial ministry for every church, and is often performed
in a voluntary capacity with limited support. We aim to come
alongside and stand with those who choose our services and
expertise. |
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Read
a two page summary of the address following one of these links, Word>> or PDF>>, or listen to the full address by following this link>> .
(The
sound file is in mp3 format, 9.5MB and will take a little time to download
over a dial-up connnection and you may need to turn up the volume) |
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(Reg
Charity No. 234714) |
in association with the Evangelical Alliance UK |
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| Selected
Materials from M:POWER 2004 |
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Becoming
an Effective Leader
by Dr Larry Johnstone, McConkey/Johnstone
International |
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