Mike Vande wrote:yes, they should be paid forr them, the same way you pay for a Bible, and for the same reason.
And that reason is....?
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The Martins wrote:Mike Vande wrote:yes, they should be paid forr them, the same way you pay for a Bible, and for the same reason.
And that reason is....?
Paper, ink, printing presses, binderies, blank cassette tapes and CD-Rs aren't free. Christians should pay their own way as far as possible, rather than depending on the church to pay for them. If a shut-in or fixed income person with no way to afford the cost of the materials wants or needs a copy for whatever reason, that's a different matter. But Johnny Member with a good income who will listen to the tape/CD maybe once and then throw it on the pile to gather dust ought to pay for his own. That's my opinion, anyway....
Why is it that bad decisions seem to make to most interesting testimonies?
My husband is very excited about our tape ministry at Portland.
We have all kinds of people on the list. People bring names to us that aren't being visited by their pastor or they can't come to church. The tape ministry has been a wonderful way to reach the shut ins and the lost.
We need more evangelism in our churches!
He too has a hard time charging for tapes (Especially if it is his message lol!)
They do get expensive if you are a smaller church and can't afford to buy the bigger bulk, so Bobby went to the Lord in prayer over it. He put a simple article in our church bulletin explaining the need. Not begging just simply stating the cost and the way that God had been using the ministry.
Our wonderful people gave! We have some who give pledges every month, including us. Others give a special offering when they can. No one has been turned away. Our members who want tapes he asks for $2 explaining that the extra made goes back into the tape ministry.
We do not make proffit. We are continually having new names. My husband use to spend hours every week recording tapes because we did not have a duplicator, now the church has been able to purchase one and he can have more time to actually go out and visit those who are receiving the tapes.
Now we are having non members who receive the tapes (and who never saw the article) sending money. God always supplies the need.
So I guess you'd say we don't charge non- members or even suggest a charge. Those members who can't afford it we don't charge either.
We found out recently that some one had been sending their old tapes to Michigan and so we put them on the list too!
FYI Something pastors might want to think of, our children church director gets a tape. We never thought of that until one day she asked for one because she wanted to be fed too! We are blessed! ( No, we do not charge her
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We have all kinds of people on the list. People bring names to us that aren't being visited by their pastor or they can't come to church. The tape ministry has been a wonderful way to reach the shut ins and the lost.
We need more evangelism in our churches!
He too has a hard time charging for tapes (Especially if it is his message lol!)
They do get expensive if you are a smaller church and can't afford to buy the bigger bulk, so Bobby went to the Lord in prayer over it. He put a simple article in our church bulletin explaining the need. Not begging just simply stating the cost and the way that God had been using the ministry.
Our wonderful people gave! We have some who give pledges every month, including us. Others give a special offering when they can. No one has been turned away. Our members who want tapes he asks for $2 explaining that the extra made goes back into the tape ministry.
We do not make proffit. We are continually having new names. My husband use to spend hours every week recording tapes because we did not have a duplicator, now the church has been able to purchase one and he can have more time to actually go out and visit those who are receiving the tapes.
Now we are having non members who receive the tapes (and who never saw the article) sending money. God always supplies the need.
So I guess you'd say we don't charge non- members or even suggest a charge. Those members who can't afford it we don't charge either.
We found out recently that some one had been sending their old tapes to Michigan and so we put them on the list too!
FYI Something pastors might want to think of, our children church director gets a tape. We never thought of that until one day she asked for one because she wanted to be fed too! We are blessed! ( No, we do not charge her
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I firmly believe that if we quit trying to cover our costs and become givers, that God will provide the costs so we can increase our giving. I believe that this applies to any ministry.
Those who are constantly asking for money seem to constantly need money.
Those who give and don't ask seem to be blessed exponentially.
I firmly believe that if we quit trying to cover our costs and become givers, that God will provide the costs so we can increase our giving. I believe that this applies to any ministry.
Those who are constantly asking for money seem to constantly need money.
Those who give and don't ask seem to be blessed exponentially.
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