When you sell Jesus

The Purpose of Ministry Gifts and Spiritual Growth

Get people to Jesus, to know him better, to magnify his name, to be closer to him, to walk and talk more like him. So when we sell Jesus, when we sell him, we put a paywall between others and whatever blessing God might have in store for them through our spiritual gifts.

In other words, we deny people access to the ministry we are called to bless people with unless they pay us for it. To sell Jesus is by extension to turn him into a product, a commodity that can be bought, sold, controlled, and kept from those unable to pay.

Imitating Jesus in How Ministry Is Funded

As disciples of Jesus, we believe that one of the most fundamental joys we have is to imitate him, even when it comes to how we fund ministry and even when it hurts. To copy him is to honor him, especially since he had more to say about money than love and heaven and hell combined.