CAN THE NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH BE A SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATION WITHOUT LOSING IT’S SPIRITUAL

FOUNDATION?

• CHURCH HAS BEEN A PLACE OF REFUGE

• PLACE OF INSPIRATION

• SOURCE OF HOPE

• IN ALL COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY

CAN THE NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH BE A SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZAITON WITHOUT LOSING IT’S SPIRITUAL

FOUNDAITON?

• SPIRITUAL FOUNDATIONS ARE NUTURED

• YOU GO THERE TO GET UPLIFTED

• WHEN IT COMES TO THE FINANCIALS TITHES AND OFFERINGS ARE DEPENDED UPON.

CAN NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH BE A SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATION WITHOUT LOSING IT’S SPIRITUAL

FOUNDATION.

• 1ST VICE-CHAIRMAN OF THE DEACON MINISTRY

• BUSINESS NOT DEALT WITH IN AN EFFICIENT MANOR

• AFRAID OF BUSINESS PRACTICES AND TECHNIQUES

• TIMES ARE CHANGING FOR THE CHURCH WITH RELATIONS TO FINANCE

CAN NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH BE A SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATION WITHOUT LOSING IT’S SPIRITUAL

FOUNDATION.

• TITHES AND OFFERINGS CAN NO LONGER PAY THE BILLS

• REPAIRS ARE NOT PLANNED AND CAN BE QUITE COSTLY

• BEUTIFICATIONS AND ADDITIONS ARE SOMETIMES NEEDED

• OPERATING INCOME CAN BECOME DRAINED

CAN NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH BE A SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATION WITHOUT LOSING IT’S SPIRITUAL

FOUNDATION.

• MADE SOME UNWISE BUSNESS DECISIONS

• PROBLEM WITH OUR PARKING

• HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY LAND

• HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY A BUILDING

CAN THE NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH BE A SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATION WITHOUT LOSING IT’S SPIRITUAL

FOUNDATION.

• ARTICLE “THE GOSPEL OF MONEY” MINISTER MEEKS SPEAKS OF THE PROMISE LAND BEING MORE THAN MILK AND HONEY

• T.D. JAKES SPEAKS OF WHY CHRISTIANS THINK IT’S A SIN TO WANT MORE OUT OF LIFE

• MONEY IS NOT THE SIN, THE LOVE OF MONEY THAT IS THE SIN

• SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MIND CAN HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE CHURCH

CAN THE NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH BE A SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATION WITH OUT LOSING IT’S SPIRITUAL

FOUNDATION.

• NOTHING IN THE BIBLE THAT STATES WE SHOULD BE POOR

• GOD ONLY WANTS FOR US HIS VERY BEST

• FAITH IN BUSINESS DECISIONS

• BEING SUCESSSFUL IS NOT A SIN

CAN THE NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH BE A SUSTAINABLE ORGANZAITON WITHOUT LOSING IT’S SPIRITUAL

ORGANIZATION

• BE ABLE TO ATTRACT PEOPLE

• RUN DOWN CHURCHS

• NEW MEGACHURCHS

• YOU CAN NOT GET BLOOD FROM A STONE

CAN THE NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH BE A SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATION WITHOUT LOSING IT’S SPIRITUAL

FOUNDATION

• THE SENIOR MEMBERSHIP

• CHURCH IN THE PAST

• CHURCH IN THE 21 CENTURY

• DIFFERENT VALUE SYSTEM

CAN THE NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH BE A SUSTAINABLE ORGANIZATION WITHOUT LOSING IT’S SPIRITUAL

FOUNDATION.

• BRIDGE THE GAP WITH REGARDS TO FINANCE

• EXPLAIN THE BENEFITS OF INVESTING

• CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE CHURCH

• BEACON OF LIGHT FULFILLING THE NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE