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Lifestyle Management
| Spiritual Management |
Stewardship
is a spiritual issue. It starts here: We have to recognize that
it’s all God’s. Every breath we take, every dollar
we have, every relationship we nurture—they all belong to
God. When you get down to it, stewards really don’t own anything.
Neither do disciples. So how should we think about all these gifts
God has entrusted to us? Stewardship begins with the relationships that surround you and the resources you’ve been given. First, you have a relationship with the Owner. God owns it all, and your relationship with Him tells a lot about your role as His steward. Second, you have a relationship with those who benefit from your stewardship. Your family can benefit from your stewardship, as can workers in God’s Kingdom and the needy Jesus told us to embrace. Third, you have a relationship with your own needs. As a steward, you also have the right to support yourself through the resources God has given you. Fourth, you have a relationship with the resources you’re managing. A steward has the responsibility to manage health, friends, family and resources alike to glorify God. All these relationships come together to define a steward. Stewardship doesn’t mean how much you can give. Instead, it means how well you manage what you have. The Orchard Foundation is ready to listen to your own issues of stewardship. We’ll bring biblical values and sound options to help you be the best possible manager of God’s resources. You can be a better steward—and we’ll help you find out how. |
| Financial Management |
You probably know someone with more material
wealth than you have. Most of us do. And when you hear the
word “stewardship,” you likely think of one of
two images: The megamillionaire who can write checks to finance entire hospitals or colleges, or The frugal Sunday school teacher who wisely saves and invests the change from turning in soda bottles at the local grocery store, until over time that amount grows into a substantial gift. But let’s face facts: most of us are in neither of the above categories. So how do we go about providing resources for God’s purposes on earth? A.B. Simpson, founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance, taught that every Christian held two important keys to complete the Great Commission: there was the aspect of personal witness and there was also the aspect of financial investment to support God’s work. Simpson challenged Christians to be strategic stewards. Stewardship meant active management of funds. It called for pinpointed distribution, and exceptional accountability. Some estimates say that in the next three decades, 10 to 30 trillion dollars will be transferred from one generation of Americans to the next. A staggering portion of that amount will be handled by people like you. The Orchard Foundation is helping Christians, from multimillionaires to those of more modest means, maximize the resources they have for use in God’s Kingdom through: • Personalized estate and financial design services • Coordination of estate plan document preparation • Full-service trust, investment, and asset management • Distribution of gift and estate planning information • Presentation of gifting opportunities and methods • Estate settlement The Orchard Foundation will help you discover the best ways to use your God-given resources to provide for your family, the work of the Kingdom, and yourself—at no obligation to you. |
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