Reviving Stewardship
Transforming Stewards
Erika F Puni, PhD
Stewardship Ministries Director
General Conference
“Stewardship is ALL of me in response to ALL of God”
NARROW VIEW
BROAD VIEW
Tithe & Offerings Lordship of Christ
Church Member
God as Creator
Behavior
Values
Pocket and Wallet
Heart
Program
Lifestyle
Total and Full Commitment
“Love the Lord your God with ALL
your heart and with ALL your soul
and with ALL your mind and with
ALL your strength.”
Mark 12:30 (NIV)
“You shall have no other gods
before me.” Exodus 20:3 (NIV)
JESUS IS LORD OF ALL
Worship
Leadership
Relationships
Possessions
Finances
Language
Human Life in Two Levels
Surface Level
Expressive Behavior
SEEN
Temporary Views
Activities & Products
Deep Level
Peoples Worldview
NOT SEEN
Core Beliefs
Values and Principles
Jesus and the Two Levels
“Woe to you, teachers of the law and
Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like
whitewashed tombs, which look
beautiful on the outside but on the inside
are full of dead men’s bones and
everything unclean. In the same way, on
the outside you appear to people as
righteous but on the inside you are full
of hypocrisy and wickedness.”
Matthew 23:27,28 (NIV)
Stewardship In Two Levels
Surface level
Temporary views
Deep level
Core Beliefs
Expressive behavior
Programs & Products
Peoples Worldview
Values and Principles
Values Inform Behavior
Surface Level
Expressive Behavior
Returning of Tithe and
SEEN
Giving of Offerings
Temporary Views
Activities & Products
Deep Level
Peoples Worldview
Lordship, Relationship,
NOT SEEN
Worship, and Lifestyle
Core Beliefs
Values and Principles
Life Without Jesus Christ
Surface Level
Expressive Behavior
SEEN
Hoarding, Greed
Temporary Views
Activities & Products
Deep Level
Peoples Worldview
NOT SEEN
Self (I/Me/You)
Core Beliefs
Values and Principles
Value Transformation
“I have been crucified with Christ and I
no longer live, but Christ lives in me.
The life I live in the body, I live by faith
in the Son of God, who loved me and
gave himself for me.” Galatians 2:20 (NIV)
“What a wretched man I am! Who will
rescue me from this body of death?
Thanks be to God-through Jesus Christ
our Lord!” Romans 7:24,25 (NIV)
Life With Jesus Christ
Surface Level
Expressive Behavior
SEEN
Faithfulness, Sacrifice
Temporary Views
Activities & Products
Deep Level
Peoples Worldview
NOT SEEN
Jesus Christ: Savior and Lord
Core Beliefs
Values and Principles
Competing Values
Self

Self-indulgence

Self-gratification
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Self-seeking

Self-centeredness

Self-serving
Jesus Christ
Service
Simplicity
Sacrifice
Surrender
Submission
The Relational Link
The Missing Piece
Right
Information
Right
Relationship
Right
Behavior
The key to sustainable stewardship is experiencing
the life of Jesus in us – it’s called relationship!
The Relational Link
“I am the true vine, and my Father
is the gardener. 4 Remain in me, as I
also remain in you. No branch can
bear fruit by itself; it must remain in
the vine. Neither can you bear fruit
unless you remain in me.”
1
John 15:1,4 (NIV)
The Relational Link
The Missing Piece
Right
Information
Right
Relationship
Right
Behavior
The key to sustainable stewardship is experiencing
the life of Jesus in us – it’s called relationship!
Stewardship Values
Lordship of Jesus Christ
 Lifestyle of daily submission
 Living the will of God
 Life time partnership with God
 Personal relationship with Jesus
 Servant leadership in community
 Commitment to spirituality
 Care and service to the poor
 Devotion and worship of God
 Involvement in discipleship
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What are your values?
SECULAR
SPIRITUAL
Perishable
Infinite
Self-centered
Christ-centered
Body
Spirit
Short-term
Long-term
Self-control
Spirit-controlled
Transforming Stewardship
1 Therefore,
I urge you, brothers and
sisters, in view of God's mercy, to
offer your bodies [total self] as a
living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to
God—this is your true and proper
worship. 2 . . . be transformed by the
renewing of your mind [heart].
Romans12:1-2 (NIV)
Gospel
Behaviour
Worship
Leadership
Values
Relationships
Possessions
Finances
Language
Stewardship is the breaking in of the rule of
Jesus Christ into the deep level of our human
culture and experience, and transforming our
belief systems into His kingdom values
Department Contact
Larry Evans
Associate Director
Email: EvansL@gc.adventist.org
Mario Nino
Associate Director
Email: NinoM@gc.adventist.org
Erika Puni
Director
Email: PuniE@gc.adventist.org
Website: www.adventiststewardship.com