Toward a more generous people

Connie S Nieto

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Toward a more generous people

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Connie S Nieto. Toward a More Generous People. McCormick Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/ee7c77a2-89eb-4f2a-866b-37d2cfce6bed.

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Connie S Nieto. Toward a More Generous People. McCormick Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/ee7c77a2-89eb-4f2a-866b-37d2cfce6bed.

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Connie S Nieto

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Abstract

I was blessed with a congregation at Grace Presbyterian Church that had enormous built-in potential, but it failed to utilize this potential. The church has a fabulous modern physical plant, a large endowment, and some talented members, all of which were not used as effectively as I believed they could be because of various long-held attitudes relating to racism, secrecy, inclusivity, trust, power, community, and stewardship. Our theological mandate is to be good stewards of all we have been given, for it all comes from God. I came to believe that stewardship was the foundational issue through which I could address other issues. Our relationship to our stewardship reflects our relationship with God. I used Sawin's Family Cluster model to work with a diverse inter-generational group of members, studying various aspects of stewardship with the goal of helping them to change their attitudes toward the resources they have and their use of those resources. Though I think the family cluster did make people stop and think about stewardship issues, I'm not convinced that they will make any substantive changes in the way they handle the building, the endowment, or the new people who happen their way. Perhaps my intervention came too late in the history of the church for it to have a significant impact.

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