Comparison

COMPARING USE OF RESOURCES

INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH vs HOME CHURCH

This charts will illustrate how inefficient a IC (institutional church) is.

Note on chart statistics

IC (Institutional Church) is a typical 50 member church with the total monthly income of $4000. The monthly offering for each person is $80.00 or $20.00 per week. We based the Pastors salary at $400 per week or $1600 a month. The music minister at $100 per week or $400 for a total of $2000. The mortgage is $1000, utilities $400 (gas, lights, phone, water). We allowed $200 for supplies for upkeep (service calls, cleaning, ect). We allotted $375.00 for ministry functions (Sunday School supplies, revivals, bibles and hymnals, homecomings and ministry related costs). Note that only $25.00 is left for benevolence, or the poor, hungry or needy. This is a poor waste of money that could be used to minister (give) to the needy. Think of the waste with 2000 members! Notice the majority of money is spent on buildings and leader's salaries ($3,400.00). The percent of the total used for ministry to peoples needs is -- .0062% ! (less than 1%)

Compare this to a home church (HC, in the blue) with 10 people. Each only gives only $5.00 a week, or $200 a month. The difference is the there is almost no cost involved. $25.00 is spent for supplies (printing, postage, food) but the rest is for people! Notice that with no overhead, $175.00 of the total ($200) go to benevolence and ministry. This equals 87.5%. This was the way of the early church! More is done with less!!!

( See Luke 12:32-34, Acts 2:44-46, 4:32-35, 2Cor.8:13-15, James 2:15-17 )

Which do you think is the best steward of God's money? Who wastes the most?

"To whom much is given, much is required"