Articulate the unknown

During a meeting last week a bloke said something that was important in light of what has been bouncing around my head lately. He said that sometimes those in the church have to articulate to unknown. They must deal with the areas that include a leap of faith and say, that despite what is not assured, the church should move in x direction.

This struck me because of the way I've seen and heard churches handle money and savings.

I'm stunned when good, God loving people are concerned over an apparent lack of fund when they have tens of thousands of dollars (or more) in the bank and are sitting on millions of dollars in real estate.

I wonder if some Christians believe that their church needs a kind of superannuation account... just in case the worst happens like the roof caving in.

Sure, there is an element of good stewardship in not running week-to-week and having some savings. But, I wonder what it says about the God that they follow and when enough is enough...

At times, i think the church needs to step out in faith and do the work of God with the funds that they have. Not drain the pot completely, but step out in faith that the roof WON'T cave in. Step out in faith that this money won't come back empty.

My major concern is that when Jesus returns a heap of churches will have "if the absolute worst occurs" accounts full of unused money. That idle money will have been wasted.