St Paul's Lutheran Church
Ashland, Kentucky
Biblical Stewardship Principles
God's stewards are God's stewards
God's stewards are stewards by virtue of creation and their re-creation in Holy Baptism; therefore, they belong to God.
God's stewards are managers, not owners
God's stewards have been entrusted by God with life and life's resources and given the privilege of responsibly
and joyfully managing them for Him.
God's stewards are saints and sinners
God's stewards rejoice in and live out what God has declared them to be through the cross. At the same time, His stewards
recognize they are sinners who fight sin and its consequences each day.
God's stewards are uniquely singular, yet profoundly plural
God's stewards recognize that their lives are not solo performances, buy are personal responses to God, lived out
within the community of faith to benefit the whole world.
God's stewards are in the world, but not of the world
God's stewards recognize that the Lord sets them apart form the world and by the transforming power of the Gospel
sends them into the world to live out the Gospel.
God's stewards are loved and loving
God's stewards recognize that their stewardship flows out of God's act of love for them in Christ, which empowers them,
in turn, to love others in acts of Christ-like love.
God's stewards are served and serving
God's stewards recognize that their stewardship involves a Gospel-powered style of life that is demonstrated
in servant-hood within all the arenas of life.
God's stewards live with an awareness of the present and
future, of time and eternity
God's stewards live intentionally in the light of God's eternal purpose while being firmly
committed to His rule in the here and now.