{"id":4296,"date":"2011-05-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=4296"},"modified":"2011-04-30T12:54:43","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T16:54:43","slug":"double-church-mortgage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/double-church-mortgage\/","title":{"rendered":"Double your Church Mortgage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>At a time when many churches around the country are defaulting on their current mortgage<\/a>, most churches probably do not want to hear that one way to redeem their buildings for missional purposes is to double their church mortgage.<\/p>\n

However, this recommendation is not really about past debt, but about future debt and budgeting. Many churches, if they had followed the recommendation in this post, would not find themselves in the debt dilemma they now face.<\/p>\n

The recommendation is that whenever a church seeks to spend money, they double the cost. The extra money would then go toward missional work and service in the community and around the world.<\/p>\n

In essence, this recommendation asks churches to put 50% of their budget toward missions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Church buildings are usually the biggest expense, but this principle could be applied to anything the church spends money on, from pastoral salaries to office supplies. The end result of this is not really that the budget doubles, but that the budget stays the same, and how the money is spent undergoes careful examination. Some churches already give away 50% of their annual budgets toward missions. I congratulate them, but even these churches might be helped by doubling the cost of items they wish to purchase to help them determine if the purchase is important or not.<\/p>\n

Such an approach keeps the church priorities in their proper perspective. It guarantees that missional involvement will always be a top priority. It also helps church boards determine which items are really worth buying.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>So, for example, if the new stained glass windows, which usually cost $20,000, will now cost $40,000 because an additional $20,000 is required for outreach, evangelism, and missions, are the stained glass windows really worth it? If some of the members of the church want a youth pastor, and they think they can get away with paying him $40,000, are they ready to pull $80,000 out of the budget so that the church can have a youth pastor and $40,000 for missions?<\/p>\n

This approach is not really something that most churches can jump into right away. If the church budget is already tight, and the pastoral salary and church mortgage are consuming 90% of the church budget, it is impossible to double to the budget right away so that an equal amount of money can go toward missions. But future purchases with that remaining 10% can still be put to this sort of test. Would the church continue to buy those nice, pre-printed bulletins if their cost just doubled? Does the church have to buy a video projector and screen? Does the parking lot have to be repaved?<\/p>\n

Asking these sorts of questions will help redeem the building, guaranteeing that it will not consume the missional purpose and goals of the church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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