I was having a casual conversation with a guy yesterday about raising money. He was inquiring about a project I am working on, and was curious as to how I would seek out funding.
In a rather funny turn of events (as he didn’t know my background) he said that I should start a church. I informed him that I had been part of a church plant last year, and that they weren’t exactly always a cash cow. I asked him why he thought starting a church would lead to significant financial contribution. His insight struck me initially as funny, but all too often true.
From his perspective, outside of faith and organized religion, I think he is calling it as he sees it:
Church people don’t want to actually do anything, they just want things done on their behalf.
While I don’t think this is true across the board, I can even see tinges of it in my life. Sure, I’ll donate to your cause, because I don’t have time to help the orphan and the widow, and Lord knows I don’t serve the poor in my daily life.
I am working on this, as it’s a daily struggle. We live in an upside down kingdom – and sometimes in our culture, that’s hard to remember.
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