Pastor, Do You Really Love Your Community?

6/18/2018

Pastor, Do You Really Love Your Community?

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I had spoken with Pastor Fred on several occasions during many of the conferences he had attended. Whether it was a Church Management or a Wealth Conference his response was always the same—He was doing just fine with his Church. He said he had a big vision to reach the kids in his community, but his total Church income for any given year was slightly over $100,000 and 97% of that was earmarked for administrative expenses and salaries.

Pastor Fred’s answer at every conference was, “I am waiting on God to send the finances I need to launch my vision.” Apparently Pastor had never heard the story about the car, two boats, and a helicopter. For those who of you who have already heard this anecdote, please bear with me. A man’s home was near a lake and the dam was about to burst. A Sheriff Deputy came by and told the man to leave because his house would soon be flooded. The man replied, “I am trusting God.” Soon the flood waters were up to his porch and a boat came by. The rescuers encouraged him to get in the boat because the dam had burst and a flood was coming. The man replied, “I am trusting God.” An hour later the flood water was as high as his second story balcony. Another boat came by and the rescuers again urged the man to get into the boat. The man replied, “I am trusting God.” Another hour passed and the water was to the roof of his home. The man was standing on the roof when a helicopter hovered overhead and urged the man to climb up the rescue ladder into the helicopter. Again the man replied, “I am trusting God.” The flood water overtakes the man and drowns him. In heaven he asked the Lord, “I trusted you through all of the threats of the flood, depending on you to rescue me. Why did you let me drown? God replied, “I sent you a car, two boats, and a helicopter.”

God’s Ways Are Usually Different Than Ours

Pastor Fred had been waiting for years for God to send someone to his Church with a huge bank account to fund the vision God had given the Pastor. They never came. However, he shunned several attempts by us to show him how to obtain grant funds to finance his vision.

While Pastor was waiting for God to supernaturally put money into the Church bank account, teens and pre-teens began to get into trouble with the law; they began to sell drugs; and many of them joined gangs. It was only after Pastor’s son was one of those that Pastor Fred realized that his disdain for grant money to finance his vision had actually been the cause of the kids in the neighborhood, and his son, to be arrested and go to prison.

Pastor Fred’s words were, “While I thought I was doing the right thing by waiting for God to supernaturally provide the funds, I passed up all the help available. I now realize that I really had not loved my community as much as I had proclaimed to everyone. My inaction has caused kids, including my son, to end up in prison because I didn’t love them enough to get help that was available to open the Community Youth Center and provide these kids an option other than drugs, gangs, and crime.”

God sent Pastor Fred the proverbial car, two boats, and a helicopter, but Pastor missed all of the opportunities until it was too late.

How many have gone to prison or have not been helped with their need because of your inaction?

If You Love Your Community You Will Act NOW!

The Scripture does tell us “. . .the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just” (Pro. 13:22b). However, only God knows how the transfer is to take place. Could it be that God is using grants (which much of the $ come from unrighteous people) to bring about a wealth transfer to the Christians.

This money would fund the very community outreach which every Church dreams of, but many cannot enact.

Why You Need Us NOW!

At our Church Management Conferences we show how Pastors never have to be limited by tithes and offerings. We teach of billions of dollars that are available for CDCs and EDCs, all of which Churches may receive if they do it right.

At our Power to Prosper Conferences we teach in elaborate detail over 2 days where the money is, what needs to be done and how to do it so that Churches and their members may obtain these funds.

It behooves every Pastor, Pastor’s Spouse, and Church Leader to attend the next available Church Management Conference, or invite us to your Church to teach a Power to Prosper Conference. To attend a Church Management Conference please visit us online at www.cmtc.org or call 800-344-0076. To schedule a Power to Prosper Conference at your Church please call 800-854-5891 or 800-344-0076 and ask to speak with Dr. Ronnie Shaw. As we have helped thousands of others we can help you.

By Dr. Michael Chitwood

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Our Church Management Conferences will arm you with the information you must have to shield your Church or Ministry from IRS intrusiveness; teach you how to get your Taxes to the lowest possible rate; and daily operate your Church or Ministry within IRS acceptable guidelines.

Our Conferences have been taught across the Nation for over 48 years. Because of the Penalties, Fines, and even Imprisonment that the IRS imposed on many Churches and Pastors, Dr. Chitwood felt led by the Holy Spirit to become a buffer between Churches, Ministers, and the IRS.