6. Taking Care of the Finances in the Local Church

Acts 11:29-30 indicate that the elders of a local church have the serious responsibility of overseeing the financial matters in that local church. Witness Lee comments:

The elders take care of the finances in a local church. Acts 11:29 and 30 say, “The disciples, according as anyone of them was prospered, determined each one of them to send things for dispensing to the brothers dwelling in Judea; which also they did, sending it to the elders through the hand of Barnabas and Saul.” This indicates that the finances of a local church are under the management of the elders. For this reason, 1 Timothy 3:3 says that an elder should not be fond of money. Money is a test to all men. An elder must be pure in money matters, especially since the church fund is under the elders’ management. (2165)

1.	Being Overseers in the Local Church
2.	Taking the Lead in the Local Church
3.	Teaching in the Local Church
4.	Shepherding the Local Church
5.	Not Lording It over the Church but Being Patterns of the Flock
6.	Taking Care of the Finances in the Local Church