Church Finance Workers: What You Do Matters

As we wrap up the year, it’s an appropriate time to reflect on the importance of the roles you and others in support positions play on your church staff. While we tend to focus on the importance of the front-line ministry workers, we downplay or ignore the roles of others who serve—including ourselves.

This month, I want to remind you of some well-known Scripture passages. I encourage you, as you ponder them, to consider how they relate to you and to your work: maybe in ways that you have encouraged others but never truly applied to yourself.

1 Corinthians 12:1-11. This passage discusses the different gifts of the Spirit given to believers, and it reminds us that they all come from the Lord. I especially like verse 6: “There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.” It seems to me like God knew some people would ...