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Generous Saints: Congregations Rethinking Ethics and Money
Author James Hudnut-Beumier
Format paperback, 117 pages
ISBN 1566992109
Published 1999
Publisher Alban Institute
Price $12.25 |
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Audience: Young adults, adults
Setting: Individual or small group with facilitator
Scope: This resource provides the opportunity for a philosophical
discussion of the economic and theological assumptions at the root of the
often-times troubling topic of money and faith. In an easy-to-read format,
Hudnut-Beumier provides information and wisdom to help readers think more
clearly about money in relation to faith. Each section ends with a series of
exercises to complete individually or as a group.
Purpose: To explore the question “How do we live up to our calling
to be generous saints?”
Summary: The issues surrounding money and Christian discipleship go
deep. The time is ripe for congregations to rethink their understanding of how
to live faithfully in a material world, examining their values and then living
in accord with those values. The Christian tradition teaches that we are
created to be generous in spirit and prompts us to ask, "What does the
Lord require?” The author invites the reader, through a positive approach,
to form the basis for an ethical response, personally and as a congregation.
Contents:
- Our Worth Comes from God, Not Money
- God’s Big Economy (and Our Small Ones)
- What Does the Lord Require
- Financing a Congregation of Saints
- Creating a Commonwealth: Leading the Saints
- Practices of the Commonwealth Congregation: Holding Wealth
- The Servants are Worth Their Wages: Congregation as Employers
- Where Theology Matters: Faith and Money in the Life of the Generous
Individual
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