In God We Trust
HCC Fiscal Health
• Spending less than taking in –
operating in the black
• Several months of emergency funds
• Debt - $7.3M > $4.1M (HCC Soncy)
• Pay off debt by December 2012 –
through two avenues
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“For the word of God is living and active.
Sharper than any double-edged sword,
it penetrates even to dividing soul and
spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the
thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's
sight. Everything is uncovered and laid
bare before the eyes of him to whom we
must give account.”
Hebrews 4:12-13
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“Where your treasure is,
there your heart will be also.”
“You cannot serve
both God and Money.”
Matthew 6:21, 24
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• When we trust Christ,
we manage His money
• When we distrust Christ,
we own our money
In God We Trust
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We own nothing, He owns everything
We become % givers
We avoid excess debt
Spending decisions become
spiritual decisions
• We can’t ever give enough
In God We DisTrust
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We own our stuff
We’re tippers (giving God what’s left)
We use debt excessively
Spending decisions are my decisions
We can’t ever get enough
Christian Giving Statistics
23% of all evangelical Christians
tithed
Barna Research
May 2011
Christian Giving Statistics
23% of all evangelical Christians
tithed
Of ALL American Christians –
4% tithed
only
Barna Research
May 2011
Christian Giving Statistics
23% of all evangelical Christians
tithed
Of ALL American Christians –
4% tithed
only
ALL American Christians –
gave an average of 2.38% to church
Barna Research
May 2011
Hillside Christian Church
FY2010 budget = $7,255,143
FY2010 income = $7,389,647
FY 2011 budget = $7.16M
FY 2012 budget ~ $8M
HCC Missions
FY2010 – Actual Income = $7,389,647
Actual Missions giving = $553,844
7.5%
Fy2011 – Budget = $7,164,214
Missions budget = 561,205
7.8%
HCC Giving
If HCC members are giving the average of
2.38% & our FY2012 budget ~ $8M
Then – if ALL members tithed – our income
would be about…
HCC Giving
If HCC members are giving the average of
2.38% & our FY2012 budget ~ $8M
Then – if ALL members tithed – our income
would be about…
$32,000,000?
HCC Giving
$32,000,000
Debt at HCC (Soncy) - $4.1M
Missions - $3.2M (or much more!!)
In God We DisTrust
“As goes culture, so goes the church.”
“I Never Thought I’d See the Day
David Jeremiah
10/19/11
In God We DisTrust
“Churches on the whole are continuing to
spend more on current members and less on
the larger mission of the church and cutting
back on missionaries,” Sylvia Ronsvalle,
Empty Tomb’s executive vice president, told
the [Christian] Post.
The State of Church Giving Through 2009
Empty Tomb Inc.
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By increasing tithing to 10 percent, parishioners
could help provide much needed relief efforts
around the world and contribute to the end of many
of the world’s greatest problems, while still
maintaining their own church activities.
But the “lukewarmness” of the church in the United
States and not a lack of resources or methods
posed serious consequences to both global
evangelization and the end of physical suffering.
If a church is turning inward and valuing the
happiness of its members over service to others,
it is moving on a spectrum toward pagan values,
the vice president also stated.
The State of Church Giving Through 2009
Empty Tomb Inc.
In God We Trust
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•
We own nothing, He owns everything
We become % givers
We avoid excess debt
Spending decisions become
spiritual decisions
• We can’t ever give enough
In God We DisTrust
•
•
•
•
•
We own our stuff
We’re tippers (giving God what’s left)
We use debt excessively
Spending decisions are my decisions
We can’t ever get enough
In God We Trust
You may say to yourself,
“My power and the strength of my hands
have produced this wealth for me.”
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You may say to yourself,
“My power and the strength of my hands
have produced this wealth for me.”
But remember the LORD your God,
for it is He who gives you the ability
to produce wealth…
Deuteronomy 8: 17-18
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Who has a claim against Me
that I must pay?
Everything under heaven
belongs to Me.
Job 41: 11
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The earth is the LORD’S
and everything in it,
the world,
and all who live in it…
Psalm 24: 1
The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth;
You founded the world and all that is in it.
Psalm 89: 11
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Everything in heaven and earth is yours
Wealth and honor come from you
I Chronicles 29: 10-13
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But who am I, and who are my people,
that we should be able to give
as generously as this?
Everything comes from you,
and we have given you only
what has come from your hand.
I Chronicles 29: 14-20
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King David – with all my resources &
my personal gifts over & above
The leaders gave willingly
The people gave generously
I Chronicles 29: 1-9
Naked I came from my mother’s womb
And naked will I depart.
The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;
May the name of the LORD be praised.
Job 1: 21