IWS works with Christian tax attorneys and area community foundations to provide you the planning tools you need to provide for your loved ones and assist us in endowing our mission of forming servant leaders in Christian worship renewal. For more information email Jim Hart or call +1 (904) 264-2172 (or call toll-free from the U.S. and Canada: 800-282-2977).
Allow these foundational principles to guide your decisions as you work with your planning professionals in creating a godly, well-designed, estate and gift plan that will benefit you, your family and the ministries you love.
(Psalm 24:1) God does not own ten percent of our wealth; He owns 100 percent of it. God cares just as much about what we spend on Sunday lunch as He does with what we placed in the offering plate that morning. Until we open our hands, allowing him access to all of our things, we limit His blessing.
(1 Corinthians 4:1-2) This stewardship responsibility goes far deeper than our finances. As Christians we are stewards over our families, both nuclear and congregational. Our role is to help them develop their God-given skills and talents. It is our responsibility to ensure that the next generation has a deep understanding and appreciation for their Lord and Savior, and that they can worship the Triune God in an ever growing secular world. (Psalm 71:18)
(1 Corinthians 3:8, 14; Ephesians 6:7) As Christians we will have to give an accounting as to how we used the opportunities, resources, and blessings that God entrusted us in this life. This event is just for believers and is not a judgment; on the contrary, it is described as a rewards ceremony. The Bible states that we will be rewarded for our role as stewards over what God has entrusted us during our life. What an amazing blessing! God provides for us and then promises to reward us for properly managing those provisions. A good manager longs to hear his Master say “Well, done, my good and faithful servant.” (Matthew 25:23).
Using these three principles as we approach our gift and estate planning, we can create a few planning guidelines.
As you prayerfully proceed, remember that the goal of estate and gift planning is to help you maximize the resources that God has entrusted to you for greater impact to your loved ones and the charities who will continue their work here on earth even after you are home with the Lord.
IWS works with Christian tax attorneys and area community foundations to provide you the planning tools you need to provide for your loved ones and assist us in endowing our mission of forming servant leaders in Christian worship renewal. For more information email Jim Hart or call +1 (904) 264-2172 (or call toll-free from the U.S. and Canada: 800-282-2977).