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Stewardship is a discipline and a covenant

Posted September 30th, 2021

What happens when we rethink our paradigms of stewardship? Do we give out of obedience, or out of abundance? Do we tithe out of obligation, or do we share out of gratitude? These were just a few of questions that Dr. Deborah Rexrode, associate for stewardship for the Presbytery of the James, posed to her workshop attendees in the session that she led entitled “Giving as a Spiritual Discipline” at the 2021 Stewardship Kaleidoscope conference Sept. 14.

Stewardship calls for a modern view of tithing

Posted March 13th, 2019

About five years ago, Adam J. Copeland met with a husband and wife who were co-pastoring a church.The couple tithed their income to the congregation and had no extra income to give to other charities and causes that they wanted to support. That reality had made them resentful of the church.“If tithing to church is the goal, there needed to be a reality check,” Copeland says.