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Using the church’s treasury

Church’s Treasury…

Church’s Treasury… A collection of offerings from individuals (Acts 4:34-35; I Cor. 16:1-2)

Church’s Treasury… A collection of offerings from individuals (Acts 4:34-35; I Cor. 16:1-2) Used for wages for preachers of the Gospel (2 Cor. 11:8, Phil. 4:15-16)

Church’s Treasury… A collection of offerings from individuals (Acts 4:34-35; I Cor. 16:1-2) Used for wages for preachers of the Gospel (2 Cor. 11:8, Phil. 4:15) Used for meeting the needs the saints (Acts 2:45, Acts 11:28-29, 2 Cor. 8:4, 13-14, Rom. 15:26

Church’s Treasury… A collection of offerings from individuals (Acts 4:34-35; I Cor. 16:1-2) Used for wages for preachers of the Gospel (2 Cor. 11:8, Phil. 4:15) Used for meeting the needs the saints (Acts 2:45, Acts 11:28-29, 2 Cor. 8:4, 13-14, Rom. 15:26 How the funds came to the recipients (I Cor. 16:3- 4, 2 Cor. 8:19-21, Acts 11:30)

Church’s Treasury… A collection of offerings from individuals (Acts 4:34-35; I Cor. 16:1-2) Used for wages for preachers of the Gospel (2 Cor. 11:8, Phil. 4:15) Used for meeting the needs the saints (Acts 2:45, Acts 11:28-29, 2 Cor. 8:4, 13-14, Rom. 15:26 How the funds came to the recipients (I Cor. 16:3-4, 2 Cor. 8:19-21, Acts 11:30) Summary: Each local church sends direct to need through chosen messengers

Church’s Treasury Scenarios Is it Scriptural for the church’s treasury to be used for buying Bible Class Material, Song Books, Lord’s Supper elements, etc.? (Eph. 4:12, Eph. 5:19, I Cor. 11:20, 22, 23-26)

Church’s Treasury Scenarios Is it Scriptural for the church’s treasury to be used for buying Bible Class Material, Song Books, Lord’s Supper elements, etc.? (Eph. 4:12, Eph. 5:19, I Cor. 11:20, 22, 23-26) A local church will be a “sponsoring church” in charge of distributing funds collected from churches to the “sponsoring church’s” choice of preachers (2 Cor. 11:8, Phil. 4:15)

Church’s Treasury Scenarios Is it Scriptural for the church’s treasury to be used for buying Bible Class Material, Song Books, Lord’s Supper elements, etc.? (Eph. 4:12, Eph. 5:19, I Cor. 11:20, 22, 23-26) A local church will be a “sponsoring church” in charge of distributing funds collected from churches to the “sponsoring church’s” choice of preachers (2 Cor. 11:8, Phil. 4:15) A local church receives funds from another church to meet the needs of saints after a devastating hurricane. What we don’t use we will either send it back, or pass it on to other Christians in need???