Trust comes out of the experience of pursuing what is true and is the highest form of human motivation. What is true lies within each of us. To serve is to grow as persons, and through the process of being served to learn new ways to share our Christian faith for the benefit of the people we touch. We must stress the value of interrelationships and communication rather than focusing on things. Accountability and partnership should be centered on principles.
Principles are human qualities that form the core of effective servant leadership.
The most effective stewardship programs are principle-centered. Here are several principles that should be modeled in the congregation. Thus the main problem in the financial support of the church is not getting into the people's pocketbooks but getting Christ into people's hearts. The priesthood of all believers is the reality that every Christian, by virtue of baptism, is to be the conduit through which the love of God flows into the life of the world. Christ's call to proclaim God's love to all people remains our charge.