The key to understanding your personal stewardship in a Biblical manner is to understand where stewardship belongs within the Christian message: as one aspect of the doctrine of vocation. God has called (Latin: vocat →vocation) each of us to to certain offices and duties within the home, church, and society. In each of our callings, God calls us to grow by daily contrition and repentance to conform our lives more and more to the image of His Son. This uniquely Lutheran approach to stewardship ensures that the entire Biblical message is presented in a manner that supports the Gospel.
The stewardship resources you will find here will help you grow in faithfully fulling your vocation as a child of God.
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Financial Peace University Preview and Review for Lutheran Congregations
Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University (FPU) has helped 4.5 million people get the financial education that so many Americans desperately need. Ramsey is a devout evangelical Christian, and many churches from many denominations have hosted the FPU nine-week course.
Many Lutheran congregations realize their people need the kind of solid, practical financial wisdom that Ramsey dispenses in FPU … yet some have been reluctant to host it since Ramsey’s theological perspective is different from confessional Lutheranism. Of course, a wise Lutheran teacher can sift the chaff from the wheat in resources that come from outside our fellowship. But pastors and lay leaders are pressed for time, and it’s certainly a commitment of time and energy to sift through a nine-week course!
This “Preview and Review of Financial Peace University” from the Rev. Jonathan Conner is intended for use by Lutheran congregations. Rev. Conner’s work faithfully, but kindly, points out where Ramsey’s theology departs from our own and presents helpful suggestions for Lutheran pastors and lay leaders who would like to use FPU in their congregations.
Live Stewardship Workshop in Your Congregation/Circuit
Email LCMS Stewardship Ministry at stewardship@lcms.org to request information about a live stewardship workshop in your congregation or circuit.
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- Congregational Stewardship
- Personal Finances
- Spiritual Gifts
- Giving Opportunities