• • • • • PHOENIX (BP) -- For people struggling financially -- and others doing well -- stewardship will become more urgent among Southern Baptists in the days ahead. 'We've not talked about it enough,' Frank S. Page, president of the SBC Executive Committee, said in the EC's report to the Southern Baptist Convention. 'We have not promoted it, supported it enough,' Page said June 13 at the SBC's annual meeting in Phoenix. 'That ends today.' Page set forth two initiatives of the Executive Committee aimed at strengthening stewardship among individuals and churches: -- from the Ramsey Solutions organization: the 'Momentum' plan in which churches can utilize the popular Financial Peace University resource in a nine-week church-wide emphasis. It marks Dave Ramsey's first collaboration with an entire denomination. This amount is then forwarded to your Georgia Baptist Mission Board. Messengers at the Georgia Baptist Convention Annual Meetings from your church and other churches across the state decide what percentage of Cooperative Program gifts contributed by local congregations are applied to your state missions and ministries. Southern Baptist Convention President Steve Gaines insists fellow Southern Baptists should anticipate emphases on prayer, evangelism and financial stewardship at the June 13-14 SBC gathering in Phoenix. -- from the Executive Committee in partnership with state Baptist conventions: an all-new 'It's a New Day for Financial Freedom' six-week study available free at the EC's website for use in a variety of church settings and by individuals via a cellphone app. It's a New Day resources for small groups will be available in time for use this fall. '[For] many of our people,' Page said, 'life is a true struggle financially.' Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. Tg285 workshop manual. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Ramsey, in a brief video, said, 'People in the church want to give' yet 'most of them simply mathematically can't give because they're broke.' And Chris Brown, host of the Ramsey Solutions-produced radio show and podcast 'Life Money Hope,' told messengers that Americans, on average, are spending $1.26 for every $1 they earn. Brown noted that 88 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck because of their spending habits, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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