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• Permit No: M1994005
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 5/31/1994
• From: JANICE E BECKER
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Our Stewardship Creed
We believe in God, Creator of the world; and in Jesus Christ the
Redeemer of creation. We believe in the Noly Spirit, through whom
we acknowledge God's gifts, and we repent of our sin in misusing
these gifts to idolatrous ends.
We, as stewards, affirm the goodness of life. We rejoice in
accepting the abundance with which God has endowed the earth.
We commit ourselves to participate in God's redemptive intention
for the world: that all people should be able to live in peace and to
enjoy the days of their lives free From hunger, disease,
hopelessness and oppression.
As stewards, we commit ourselves to love and justice among
persons and nations in the equitable distribution of income and
wealth. We affirm the ownership of property as a trust from God.
We acknowledge the responsibility to share the abundance of
creation. We regard the conditions created by poverty to be
demeaning to the human spirit.
As stewards, we insist on the efficient management of human and
natural resources in the production of the goods and services
needed by the human community. We insist on conserving
resources in order to sustain permanently the fruitfulness of the
earth.
As stewards, we give generously of time, money and service
through the church to the world. We affirm the tradition of tithing
as a disciplined practice of giving.
As stewards, we acknowledge the necessity of civil government.
We encourage all people to participate in the activities of
responsible citizenship.
We believe that Christian stewardship is a joyful response to
God's gifts; it is a spiritual understanding of the practical and
economic aspects of all of life.
Our stewardship affirms the redemptive power of the gospel of
Jesus Christ, and our confidence in God's final victory in the world.
-Adopted by the 1988 General Conference
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