How does the church raise money?

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What’s Your Question? For April 14, 2010

There are two acts of worship that the first century Christians did only on the first day of the week. They observed the Lord’s Supper (Acts 20:7), and they gave to support the work of the church. Paul told the Corinthians: “On the first day of the week let each of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come” (1 Cor. 16:2). In his second letter, he said: “So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver” (2 Cor. 9:7). There is no authority for churches to go into business to make money, nor to build up large bank accounts to raise money. Churches should not be in the money-saving business, but in the soul-saving business.