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Using the church’s treasury

Church’s Treasury…

Church’s Treasury… • A collection of offerings from individuals (Acts 4: 34 -35; I Cor. 16: 1 -2)

Church’s Treasury… • A collection of offerings from individuals (Acts 4: 34 -35; I Cor. 16: 1 -2) • Used for wages for preachers of the Gospel (2 Cor. 11: 8, Phil. 4: 15 -16)

Church’s Treasury… • A collection of offerings from individuals (Acts 4: 34 -35; I Cor. 16: 1 -2) • Used for wages for preachers of the Gospel (2 Cor. 11: 8, Phil. 4: 15) • Used for meeting the needs the saints (Acts 2: 45, Acts 11: 28 -29, 2 Cor. 8: 4, 13 -14, Rom. 15: 26

Church’s Treasury… • A collection of offerings from individuals (Acts 4: 34 -35; I Cor. 16: 1 -2) • Used for wages for preachers of the Gospel (2 Cor. 11: 8, Phil. 4: 15) • Used for meeting the needs the saints (Acts 2: 45, Acts 11: 28 -29, 2 Cor. 8: 4, 13 -14, Rom. 15: 26 • How the funds came to the recipients (I Cor. 16: 34, 2 Cor. 8: 19 -21, Acts 11: 30)

Church’s Treasury… • A collection of offerings from individuals (Acts 4: 34 -35; I Cor. 16: 1 -2) • Used for wages for preachers of the Gospel (2 Cor. 11: 8, Phil. 4: 15) • Used for meeting the needs the saints (Acts 2: 45, Acts 11: 28 -29, 2 Cor. 8: 4, 13 -14, Rom. 15: 26 • How the funds came to the recipients (I Cor. 16: 3 -4, 2 Cor. 8: 19 -21, Acts 11: 30) • Summary: Each local church sends direct to need through chosen messengers

Church’s Treasury Scenarios • Is it Scriptural for the church’s treasury to be used for buying Bible Class Material, Song Books, Lord’s Supper elements, etc. ? (Eph. 4: 12, Eph. 5: 19, I Cor. 11: 20, 22, 23 -26)

Church’s Treasury Scenarios • Is it Scriptural for the church’s treasury to be used for buying Bible Class Material, Song Books, Lord’s Supper elements, etc. ? (Eph. 4: 12, Eph. 5: 19, I Cor. 11: 20, 22, 23 -26) • A local church will be a “sponsoring church” in charge of distributing funds collected from churches to the “sponsoring church’s” choice of preachers (2 Cor. 11: 8, Phil. 4: 15)

Church’s Treasury Scenarios • Is it Scriptural for the church’s treasury to be used for buying Bible Class Material, Song Books, Lord’s Supper elements, etc. ? (Eph. 4: 12, Eph. 5: 19, I Cor. 11: 20, 22, 23 -26) • A local church will be a “sponsoring church” in charge of distributing funds collected from churches to the “sponsoring church’s” choice of preachers (2 Cor. 11: 8, Phil. 4: 15) • A local church receives funds from another church to meet the needs of saints after a devastating hurricane. What we don’t use we will either send it back, or pass it on to other Christians in need? ? ?