The Debt-Free Church: Experiencing Financial Freedom While Growing Your Ministry

By Jeff Berg and Jim Burgess

What's a church to do when its needs are apparent, but its funds are not? Authors Jeff Berg and Jim Burgess examine both the tragedies that occur when a church borrows money and the blessings that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802422861
• ISBN13: 9780802422866
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Avoiding debt

I strongly recommend reading this book before considering a church building project and going into debt.

Must Read For Churches Considering Debt

This book does a marvelous job of laying out the Biblical cautions toward debt and encourages ministries to trust God for ALL their needs. All this without coming off as condescending to those ministries that have already chosen to use debt.You can tell the authors desire to help ministries seek God's will. Very well written!

A Must for Pastors, Elders, Deacons, and Bldg Committees

A great resource to prayerfully read through when your church is considering whether to borrow or not. The authors address common rationales for borrowing and address each one scripturally and pragmatically. Our western culture embraces financing for everything. This book will challenge our cultural default position of getting loans for church buildings and activities.Bottomlines: (1) Borrowing is not a sin, but it is risky, (2) the Bible only warns AGAINST borrowing and debt, never advocates it, and (3) God gets all the glory when we trust Him to provide in His time.