"The Stewardship of the Gospel in the Local Congregation" by Wayne Braun

The Stewardship of the Gospel in the Local Congregation

Wayne Braun, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Abstract

The question which this Major Applied Project seeks to answer is this: "What can a pastor do to lead the congregation he serves to become a more faithful steward of the Gospel?" I intend to demonstrate that congregations which are growing as stewards of the Gospel are led by their pastor to (1) have a biblical understanding of Christian stewardship, (2) work together in a God-created partnership as stewards of the Gospel, and (3) carefully develop and implement a plan for how they will seek to be faitfhful stewards of the Gospel, a plan they will continuously evaluate and revise as needed.