Deacons and Trustees
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Church leaders, financial advisors, and trustees are called to help guide our Anabaptist people through financial adversity and prosperity. It takes much love, compassion, and wisdom to take up this responsibility. In this section, you will find various resources to help guide you in your responsibility to help others.
Articles
Debt
- Debt from a Biblical Perspective — Gary Miller
Biblical Principles of Stewardship
- Principles of Stewardship — Amos Kauffman
Miscellaneous
- Relating to Those in Need — Marvin Wengerd
Booklets
Finance / Accounting / Taxes
- Articles for Deacons, Financial Advisors, and Trustees — Anabaptist Financial
Recordings
Miscellaneous
- A Proper Response to Prosperity — Richie Lauer
- A Vision for Stewardship in the Church Community — Gary Miller
- A Vision for Stewardship in the Church Community — Gary Miller
- Building a Vision for What Should and Can Occur — Gary Miller
- Danger or Opportunity: Prosperity in America’s Anabaptist Churches — Richie Lauer
- Easy Money (GoFundMe Accounts, Benefit Events, etc.) — Tim Thomas
- Handling the Church Medical Fund — David G. Martin
- Handling the Church Medical Fund — David G Martin
- Helping People Recognize and Admit Their Needs — Marvin Wengerd
- History of the 4029 Exemption — Harold Kurtz
- How Our 4029 Exemption Affects Us Today — Harold Kurtz
- Joy in Serving — Mervin Allgyer
- Making Eternal Investments: Having a Single Eye — Tim Thomas
- Proactive Leadership — Gary Miller
- Proactive Leadership — Gary Miller
- Relating to Those in Need — Marvin Wengerd
- Relating to Those in Need — Marvin Wengerd
- Relating to Those in Need — Marvin Wengerd
- Secrets of Relating to Those in Need — Marvin Wengerd
- The Deacon’s Responsibility According to Scripture — Ray Yoder Jr.
- The Role of the Deacon — Carl Heatwole
- The Role of the Deacon — David G. Martin
- The Role of the Deacon — David G Martin
- The Troubled and Hurting Among Us – Rethinking the Role of the Church — Marvin Wengerd
- The Village That Burned $3 Million and Other Scams — Darryl Weaver
- Trust – Don’t Leave Without It — Wyatt Pegg
- Trust – Don’t Leave Home Without It — Marvin Wengerd
- Understanding Financial Problems — Gary Miller
Debt
- Avoiding the Snare of Consumer Debt — Gary Miller
- Debt from a Biblical Perspective — Gary Miller
- Debt from a Biblical Perspective — Gary Miller
- How Much Debt is Too Much Debt? — Ben Stoltzfus
Brotherhood Accountability
- Bringing Everything Under the Lordship of Christ — Gary Miller
- Brotherhood Financial Transparency and Accountability — Gary Miller
- Brotherhood Financial Transparency and Accountability — Gary Miller
- Damage Control: Stabilizing a Deteriorating Situation — Joel Martin
- Forming and Serving on a Committee — Marvin Wengerd
- Forming and Serving on a Financial Assistance Committee — Marvin Wengerd
- How Do We Begin to Help Someone? — Joel Martin
- How to Help With Mutual Aid — Ray Yoder Jr.
- Moving our Communities Toward a Kingdom-Driven Vision for Finances — Gary Miller
- Peacemaking in the Brotherhood — Wyatt Pegg
- Peacemaking in the Brotherhood — Marvin Wengerd
- Require Accountability & Achieve Restoration — Marvin Wengerd
- Require Accountability; Achieve Restoration — Marvin Wengerd
- Requiring Accountability: Staying on Course — Joel Martin
- The Call to Brotherhood — Richie Lauer
- The Challenge of Prosperity — Gary Miller
- The Challenge of Prosperity — Gary Miller
Planning
- Budgeting – A Critical Component of Recovery — Jason Sensenig
- Budgeting as a Steward’s Tool — Jason Sensenig
- Wills and Guardianship Issues — Richie Lauer
- Wills and Guardianship Issues — Richie Lauer
Spending
- Principles of Debt and Spending — Glenn Miller
Saving
- Principles of Saving and Budgeting — Richie Lauer
Biblical Principles of Stewardship
- Principles of Stewardship — Amos Kauffman
- Principles of Stewardship — Amos Kauffman
- Principles of Stewardship — Richie Lauer
- Principles of Stewardship — Richie Lauer
- Root Causes of Financial Problems — Daryl Hurst
- Root Causes of Financial Problems — Gary Miller
- Time Stewardship — Glenn Miller
Work
- Work and Business as a Testimony — Dave Swearingen
Giving
- Yes, I Wish to Give, but How and Where Should I Give? — Richie Lauer