Retrospect Thoughts on a Stewardship Campaign

Abstract

"MANY sincerely believing Christian people have had grave reservations about stewardship campaigns because they consider that the emphasis is on collecting money, and that such an appeal is on a purely human level and has no spiritual basis or bearing. This attitude has been fortified by the knowledge that an outside organisation with American "know-how", to whom a substantial fee has been paid, has been used by a number of churches. I have myself taken part in such a campaign, and while I have had certain reservations about its conduct, nevertheless, I have reason to be grateful to the campaign and to its organisers for starting me out on my own spiritual pilgrimage in this matter of stewardship. Out of what was or~ginally entered into as a Fund-Raising Canvass grew the concept of a Stewardship Mission"