Ministry on a shoe👞string budget
Are you feeling discouraged about your start-up ministry? Today, I’m encouraging young ministers as they figure out where and how to get going.
With my $2800.00 paycheck and bills to pay.
I’m left with 100 dollars. What am I to do? At first, I felt bad for not having a bigger budget.
After I had finished crying, I thought to myself, “Well, what can I do with $100 bucks for ministry?”
A “ministry on a shoestring budget” is a religious or charitable organization that operates with a very small amount of money, essentially doing a lot with very little financial resources. It is similar to how someone might try to accomplish something “on a shoestring” (meaning with minimal funds).
Limited funds:
The “shoestring” part signifies a very tight budget, where every dollar must be carefully managed.
Creative solutions:
Ministries operating on a shoestring budget often need to be resourceful and find innovative ways to achieve their goals without much money.
Volunteer reliance:
This could mean relying heavily on volunteer labor and donated goods to supplement limited financial resources.
Anyway, back to my story.
So, I decided I’ll use…
Facebook for free advertising.
An affordable website for posterity’s sake—something for the next generation to read when they experience similar difficulties.
Rent church space for a small fee.
And lots of lots of prayer and faith steps.
And that’s how I got started.
After the pandemic, everyone was working from a deficit. And not enough of anything, money💰💰
So, if you were going to do ministry…
You had to just determine that you were going to do it.
When I stand before Jesus one day.
I’ll tell Him. I couldn’t reach 50000000 people, but I did reach one or 1.
I did my best to reach as many as possible on a shoe👞string budget.
Welcome, I'm Karen!
- Over the past 30 years, I have poured myself into my writing, producing a wide range of content that spans from letters to prisoners and newsletters to newspaper articles, books, and social media posts.
- For the past four years, I have even been contributing to the Churchome App, sharing my thoughts, insights, and experiences with the wider Christian community.
- I am particularly proud of my latest books, "Let's Make Love, Then Cook. It's Not What You Think" and "It's Just Good Housekeeping."
- "Let's Make Love, Then Cook. It's Not What You Think" is about loving God, loving people, and serving people.
- "It's Just Good Housekeeping." is about finding an attractive way to encourage everyone to read their Bible because reading the Bible has an impact on keeping our lives clean and pure.