Cultivating a stewarding community involves the ongoing formation of attitudes and expectations, practices and habits that offer a redemptive alternative to today’s cultural economy of scarcity.
In contrast to the cultural economy, God's economy is one of shared abundance, ruled by the promise of full and plentiful life lived in community. A church with vision, leadership, and practices reflected in a community of gratitude and generosity offers both Good News and a challenge to the world as it is.
Christian stewardship involves cultivating a church that is shaped by God's economy, and that lives according to God's abundance. Such change requires not a quick fix, but long-term vision. Not a one-time program, but a congregation-wide formation process.
Source: Center for Parish Development
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