The Shortfall: Owning the Challenge of Ministry Funding
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
Inadequate funding remains one of the most significant challenges facing Christian ministries around the world. Yet who bears responsibility for this deficiency?
Chris Wright, in conversation with James Cousins, challenges Christians to recognize that the problem of insufficient funding does not belong to those experiencing the shortfall but to those entrusted by God with the means to alleviate it. Combining John Stott’s The Grace of Giving and Chris Wright’s The Gift of Accountability, two classics on generosity and financial integrity, along with a brand new reflection, this book encourages readers to think critically about the problem itself.
Together, these three works form a powerful treatise on Christian generosity, stewardship, and financial responsibility, questioning and transforming long-held beliefs around Christian giving. The Shortfall serves as a reminder that our resources belong to God, and we will be held accountable for how we choose to steward them.
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- Provides a powerful treatise on Christian generosity, stewardship, and financial responsibility
- Reminds readers that our resources belong to God
- Part 1: The Problem of the Shortfall Chris Wright with James Cousins
- Part 2: The Grace of Giving John Stott
- Part 3: The Gift of Accountability Chris Wright
Needs in the world have never been greater and opportunities for our witness to the gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed more plentiful Moreover, never have Christians had more resources. If we are gripped by the kingdom of God, this should challenge us to seize the day with greater generosity and stewardship. But selfishness, confusion, and limited vision cripple our mission. This book, combining the wisdom of James Cousins, Chris Wright and John Stott, offers wise advice on needs, giving and accountability necessary for God’s mission.
—Michael W. Goheen, PhD
Read this book with an open heart; it will challenge you. Read it with an open mind; it will impact how you view your life and how you could live it by God’s grace. Every disciple of Christ needs to hear and embrace this rich biblical teaching. I would even encourage you to pray the Lord’s prayer before and after each time you sit down with this wonderful book. Ask the Lord how he would have you not only pray toward the hallowing of his name and the coming of his kingdom but also be a part of the answer to your own prayer, so that God’s will for his people and the world will be done.
—Michael Oh, PhD
- Title: The Shortfall: Owning the Challenge of Ministry Funding
- Authors: Christopher J. H. Wright, James Cousins
- Publisher: Langham
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Pages: 79
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Church finance; Christian giving; Generosity › Religious aspects--Christianity
- ISBNs: 9781839730955, 9781839730962, 9781839730979, 9781839730986, 1839730951, 183973096, 1839730978, 1839730986, 183973096X
- Resource ID: LLS:SHRTFLLWNNFNDNG
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-05T21:27:11Z