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What Churches can Learn from the Shark Tank

1/29/2013

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On Friday nights my favorite TV show, Shark Tank, airs. Entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to 5 "sharks" hoping one or more will offer them money in exchange for proprietary of the company. Mark Cuban is the shark most entrepreneurs are hoping to hook a deal with.

Last week's episode, Mark Cuban made a statement that every growing church must wrestle with. He said what keeps companies small is their lack of cash. An entrepreneur was standing before the sharks asking for $150k to grow his business and Cuban said the man needed $300k to sustain the business' growth. Cuban is saying the absence of cash will keep a business from growing. He offered the man double his request.

How would this apply to a church? A church begins to grow...all of a sudden you need more literature, more office supplies, more staff members, more support staff, more janitorial staff, more maintenance men, more sound equipment, more building space, more electricity, more kitchen supplies - ultimately more cash to sustain the growth of a church.


Look what Dave Ramsey says in The Total Money Makeover:

"To make more money, you have to plan to make more money. Some people's problem is income, not spending."

A church isn't going to sustain growth with budget cuts. The lack of cash will prevent a church from: starting a Saturday night worship service, planning a community mission project, buying new pew Bibles, sending leaders to conferences, or having an app for the church.

Want to identify the biggest obstacle to your church's growth: cash. It's true - you can do more ministry, reach more people, witness more changed lives - all with more money.


2 Corinthians 9:6 says, "The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously."


The giving of your church effects the harvest.

Read the best stewardship blog for churches:

The Stewardship Coach

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Mark Brooks link
1/30/2013 10:35:03 pm

Great post! Too often the church treats money as if it is evil. That is not what the Bible teaches. The reality is that money is needed to fund missions and ministry. The wise pastor realizes this. We teach our clients the importance of having a plan to fund the vision's that God gives them or the vision might not ever get off the ground.

Thanks for listing my blog!

Mark Brooks
The Stewardship Coach

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