Making the Most Out of This Challenging Season
Ministry and the way we’re doing it these days has changed. The challenges to financial discipleship during this “social distancing” season are many, but there are also great opportunities. In this episode of Stewardship Leader, we talk with Blair Graham, stewardship pastor at The Summit Church, in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, to learn how they’ve adapted to these current challenges.
What you will hear on this podcast
“I think all of us are scratching our heads trying to figure out, “Lord, how do we need to make disciples in an environment like this where we’re restricted how we can meet in person.””
“I’ve really seen God’s provision for the stewardship ministry at the Summit leading into this.”
“For the past several years we’ve had this digital newsletter. We’ve really leaned heavily into that to be able to communicate to people in our church and offer that as a tool they can take advantage of.”
“What started out as an inconvenience and an interruption to ministry, has really in a lot of ways caused a disruption and almost a paradigm shift in how we reach and engage people as a church.”
“We feel like the virtual solution for estate planning is a much better tool for us than the in-person seminar option.”
“We’re trying to get back to our roots of how we talk about generosity. I think in some ways, we’ve moved more towards the, “because you give these things happen”, and we’ve moved unfortunately away from, “hey, we give in response to what Christ has done for us.”
How do you engage people that are isolated? What are the ways that you can make them feel seen, known, connected to?