Worship Arts

Life Stewardship




Mike Winter

Pastor of Stewardship
mikewatfbceugene [dot] com
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Life stewardship ministry is consistent with our vision, “to be disciples who make disciples.” A key component of our vision is that we embrace biblical life stewardship. The big idea is that “our” time, talent, treasure, influence and relationships are given by God, as a stewardship, to accomplish the purposes He has ordained for each Christian, First Baptist Church of Eugene and the Church worldwide both now and into eternity. In a word, the Christian life is about stewardship. All that we are, all that we have, and all that we will ever be, is due, ultimately to the grace of God.

Life Stewardship Strategic Vision
 
The Life Stewardship strategic vision is to resource the First B family with contemporary and biblically-sound life stewardship-based preaching, teaching, training, counsel, guidance and celebration, as we embrace the mission of being disciples who make disciples. Life stewardship includes all that God has entrusted to each of us including time, talent, treasure, influence and relationships.
 
Life stewardship ministry
 
The life stewardship of First B is focused on helping the First B family accomplish the kingdom goals, dreams and ministries God has entrusted to each of us for the common of First B. At the risk of oversimplifying, perhaps this definition of life stewardship will help you better understand what biblical life stewardship encompasses. The goal of the Life Stewardship ministry of First B is to:
  • help God-empowered people,
  • accomplish God-ordained objectives,
  • by using their unique God-entrusted time, talent, treasure, influence and relationships (Ephesians 2:10).
  • Stewardship is a ministry from God, through us, for the Community, to spread the Gospel and extend compassion. 
  • Life stewardship ministry will include all of the venues mentioned above (preaching, teaching, training, counsel, guidance and celebration) and will be delivered in large, medium and small groups.
  • One area of stewardship that held special significance for Christ is our relationship with money (Matthew 6:24). How we handle money is a deeply spiritual matter. In the final analysis, every spending decision is a spiritual decision, and so, how we handle money reveals our spiritual maturity (Malachi 1:8; Luke 16:11).
 
What will happen if we are good stewards?

When we grasp the amazing depths of God’s love for us in Christ and how He cares for us and provides for us, our lives are marked by grateful praise. Serving and giving are no longer driven by guilt or obligation, but rather, sharing ourselves and our resources with others grows out of a cheerful heart of worship (Philippians 4:18). Generosity and sacrificial service are not seen as heroic but as a privilege and joy (2 Corinthians 8:1-5).