William F. Stapleton

Several years ago Christian scholars and teachers started throwing around this new word, “missional.” It means to be structured and focused on mission as the central aspect of the church, and it comes from the title of a book “Missional Church” by Darrell Guder. The trouble with using a word like that is that everyone else jumps on the bandwagon and starts using it too, and maybe they don’t mean the same thing you do. So before very long the buzz word loses its buzz, if you know what I mean.

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Faith and finance were never intended to get a divorce. God intended them to be in a healthy relationship. The Bible has more verses on money and commerce than it does on faith, prayer, heaven and hell combined. Go figure. The problem is that we have misinterpreted and misapplied that teaching on faith and finance. God has blessed us to be a blessing to others, and that has an economic application too. This series of teachings is aimed at helping developing leaders think through some of the scriptural issues surrounding money, wealth and mammon as a means to producing the kind of growth God’s Kingdom is all about.

This first little musical and philosophical mashup is intended to set the stage for following pieces on faith and finance. Just listen, and then think it over before you move on to the next part.

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