1. It’s All About Jesus Erika F Puni, PhD Stewardship Ministries Director
General Conference

2. “Stewardship is ALL of me in response to ALL of God”
NARROW VIEW
BROAD VIEW
Tithe & Offerings
Lordship of Christ
Church Member
God as Creator
Behavior
Values
Pocket and Wallet
Heart
Program
Lifestyle

3. Total and Full Commitment
“Love the Lord your God with ALL your heart and with ALL your soul and with ALL your mind and with ALL your strength.” Mark 12:30 (NIV)
“You shall have no other gods before me.” Exodus 20:3 (NIV)

4. JESUS IS LORD OF ALL

5. Human Life in Two Levels
Surface Level Expressive Behavior
Temporary Views Activities & Products
Deep Level Peoples Worldview
Core Beliefs Values and Principles
S E E N
N O T S E E N

6. Jesus and the Two Levels
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean. In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.” Matthew 23:27,28 (NIV)

7. Stewardship In Two Levels
Surface level Expressive behavior
Temporary views Programs & Products
Deep level Peoples Worldview
Core Beliefs Values and Principles

8. Values Inform Behavior Lordship, Relationship,
Surface Level Expressive Behavior
Temporary Views Activities & Products
Deep Level Peoples Worldview
Core Beliefs Values and Principles
Returning of Tithe and
Giving of Offerings
S E E N
Lordship, Relationship,
Worship, and Lifestyle
N O T S E E N

9. Life Without Jesus Christ
Surface Level Expressive Behavior
Temporary Views Activities & Products
Deep Level Peoples Worldview
Core Beliefs Values and Principles
S E E N
Hoarding, Greed
N O T S E E N
Self (I/Me/You)

10. Value Transformation
“I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 (NIV)
“What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God-through Jesus Christ our Lord!” Romans 7:24,25 (NIV)

11. Faithfulness, Sacrifice Jesus Christ: Savior and Lord
Life With Jesus Christ
Surface Level Expressive Behavior
Temporary Views Activities & Products
Deep Level Peoples Worldview
Core Beliefs Values and Principles
S E E N
Faithfulness, Sacrifice
N O T S E E N
Jesus Christ: Savior and Lord

12. Competing Values Self Jesus Christ Self-serving Service
Self-indulgence
Simplicity
Self-gratification
Sacrifice
Self-seeking
Surrender
Self-centeredness
Submission

13. The Relational Link The Missing Piece Right Information
Right Relationship
Right Behavior
Jesus left His followers, disciples of all ages, with a commission.
It is good to analyze just what the commission is and to evaluate how well the various “ministries” of the church are carrying out their part.
From Ministry article manuscript, November 26, 2006:
The verbs we associate with Christ's Commission to His disciples are go, make disciples, preach, baptize, and teach. Matthew 28:18-20 (KJV) speaks of making disciples and teaching, which indicates that we are to instruct and mentor. Mark 16:15-18 gives a version of the Great Commission that uses the word preach with the implication of being a public crier of the truth (of telling people things, telling the whole world).
Although they might be hard-pressed to explain it, most parents and teachers know the difference between the activities of teaching and telling. Teaching implies that some type of plan or method repeatable by the learner exists, that the needs of the learner are taken into consideration, that some type of two-way communication continues, especially when mentoring is involved. Telling is more of a one-way street. So is preaching.
In our current working structure, however, it seems as if we prefer Mark’s record of the commission over Matthew’s, and actually put much more intentional effort into “publicly crying the truth” (telling) than we do in instructing and discipling (teaching).
The key to sustainable stewardship is experiencing the life of Jesus in us – it’s called relationship!

14. The Relational Link
1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.” John 15:1,4 (NIV)

15. The Relational Link The Missing Piece Right Information
Right Relationship
Right Behavior
Jesus left His followers, disciples of all ages, with a commission.
It is good to analyze just what the commission is and to evaluate how well the various “ministries” of the church are carrying out their part.
From Ministry article manuscript, November 26, 2006:
The verbs we associate with Christ's Commission to His disciples are go, make disciples, preach, baptize, and teach. Matthew 28:18-20 (KJV) speaks of making disciples and teaching, which indicates that we are to instruct and mentor. Mark 16:15-18 gives a version of the Great Commission that uses the word preach with the implication of being a public crier of the truth (of telling people things, telling the whole world).
Although they might be hard-pressed to explain it, most parents and teachers know the difference between the activities of teaching and telling. Teaching implies that some type of plan or method repeatable by the learner exists, that the needs of the learner are taken into consideration, that some type of two-way communication continues, especially when mentoring is involved. Telling is more of a one-way street. So is preaching.
In our current working structure, however, it seems as if we prefer Mark’s record of the commission over Matthew’s, and actually put much more intentional effort into “publicly crying the truth” (telling) than we do in instructing and discipling (teaching).
The key to sustainable stewardship is experiencing the life of Jesus in us – it’s called relationship!

16. What are your values? SECULAR SPIRITUAL Perishable Infinite
Self-centered
Christ-centered
Body
Spirit
Short-term
Long-term
Self-control
Spirit-controlled

17. Transforming Stewardship
1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies [total self] as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship be transformed by the renewing of your mind [heart]. Romans12:1-2 (NIV)

18. Gospel
Behaviour
Values
Stewardship is the breaking in of the rule of Jesus Christ into the deep level of our human culture and experience, and transforming our belief systems into His kingdom values

19. Department Contact Larry Evans - Associate Director
Mario Nino Associate Director
Erika Puni - Director
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