So my mom sent us a bunch of stuff from Dave Ramsey’s ministry – Financial Peace, Total Money Makeover, a couple videos on dumping debt and managing cash flow, and a envelope system. Should be good and helpful stuff. My only problem at the moment is the cash flow part (or the lack there of). If I can get that down I think we could get headed in the right direction – the problem is I got laid off from the job I was working due to low hours and low tourism in the winter months (Christmas excepted) and everywhere else is also not hiring – unemployment isn’t responding at the moment so we’re kind of stuck.
But hey, all this talk about being relevant in church or having a relevant church – you want to have one? Forget the coffee stand in the foyer or the round tables replacing the pews with candles and icons and stuff – start offering ways for people to improve their lives with things like offering the Financial Peace University classes or even just a money management class. Start up a Celebrate recovery class or Cleansing Stream if you or the Pentecostal/Chariamstic strand to help people work through life issues – that is being relevant – not so much the painting of walls and making the evnironment feel hip – but helping people change their lives for the better like getting handle on finances, or relationships and the like. If you can paint the walls and have coffee too, great but more important is helping people connect to God and connect to others and to manage their lives and relationships! That is a relevant church!
The last thing we need is more Pentecostals talking about money!
well, say what you want but I think mention of Dave Ramsey and the suggestion of pastors having a Financial Peace University in their churches is a whole lot better than the WOF junk that goes on out there – I may be AG but am in no wise WOF.