Money and Stewardship
Ever consider how your financial habits affect your involvement in missions? For instance, most missions agencies are unable to send students living with the heavy burden of school loans or credit card debt. We've gathered the following resources to help you make tithing, giving, saving, and simple and debt-free living a part of your missions strategy.
Feature Articles:
Developing
a World Christian Lifestyle
by Christie Borthwick at Urbana
2000
Money
Management, Debt, Tithing
by David S. Topazian,
D.D.S., M.B.A.
Handling
Debt, Avoiding Debt & Living Within Your Means
Our money can too easily become our master when we
mishandle such tools as student loans and credit cards.
Lifestyle & Financial
Stewardship
Discover what John Wesley, World War II and Theology
have to do with stewardship.
Money
Tutorial
These self-guided worsheets and Scripture studies will
help you assess and improve your financial stewardship.
Creative
Solutions for Money and Missions
Tuition-free graduate programs, strategic student loan
repayments, and other creative approaches.
Giving & Poverty
"How does God's love abide in anyone who has the
world's goods, and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?" (I
John 3:17-18)
Consumerism,
Sweatshops, & Fair Trade
How you choose to spend your dollar (yen, pound, peso)
affects others in myriad ways.
Bibliography
and Websites
Further resources for exploration and study.
Acknowledgments
A special thanks to those who lent creative criticism and
resources to develop Money & Stewardship:
- Dr. David S. Topazian, DDS, MBA, of Project MedSend and author of God's Prescription For Your Finances.
- Gordon Wadsworth, author of Cost Effective College and President of Plus marketing, Inc. Advertising Agency, which helps families with budgeting and credit reduction strategies.

