Many of you have been asking what does fully funded mean. Well in our case, it means that for the first year, Barry's salary as a senior pastor of a church plant is covered, minus any benefits, by our denomination. Next year, the denominational giving goes down significantly as they front load the funding. Their term is, "make a church planter hungry but not starving." We are blessed to have this assistance from our denomination!
The EMC believes in supporting people not "stuff". This means that we have no funds to put towards starting the church. We believe that God is going to provide all of our needs. We wake up everyday in great expectation of how God is going to provide! We have NO idea how we are going to find the funds to get off the ground but it's God's church and He will make it happen. Maybe he will use you? We have no idea!
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