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Stewardship Roots:

Toward a Theology of Stewardship, Tithe and Offerings

By Angel Rodriguez

Written by Angel Manuel Rodr?guez, ThD Edited by Patricia Valentino

Publication number STW 1050. A Department of Church Ministries publication. Please specify STW number and title when ordering.

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Scriptural references are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 8 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.

8 1994 General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists 12501 Old Columbia Pike Silver Spring, MD 20904, USA

a b c d e f 98 97 96 95 94

CONTENTS

Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Toward a Theology of Stewardship ............................................ S-1

Follow-Through Discussion........................................... S-18 Stewardship and the Theology of Tithe .......................................T-1

Follow-Through Discussion...........................................T-18 Stewardship and the Theology of Offerings .......................... . O-1

Follow-Through Discussion.......................................... O-22 Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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FOREWORD

It was in preparation for the historic Stewardship Summit and Stewardship Consultation, March 20-23, 1994, in Cohutta Springs, Georgia, USA, that Dr. Angel Manuel Rodr?guez, Associate Director in the GC Biblical Research Institute, was requested to prepare two documentsCone on the Theology of Tithe and the other on the Theology of Offerings.

Dr. Rodr?guez has had a keen interest in the subject of Stewardship, including tithe and offerings, for a number of years. Despite his busy schedule, Dr. Rodr?guez laid aside his regular responsibilities and devoted several weeks to this important Stewardship assignment. The presentations at Cohutta Springs were outstanding. Church administrators and Stewardship directors listened with interest to this "first attempt" to present a written theology of tithe and offerings.

At the close of the Stewardship Summit and Consultation, Dr. Rodr?guez was asked to prepare the final versions of the above documents as quickly as possible, and also to develop another document on the Theology of Stewardship. Church leaders and Stewardship directors urged the early printing and distribution of these three documents.

This is a brief background of the development and publication of Stewardship Roots, which contains all three of the above-mentioned papers by Dr. Rodr?guez.

As Stewardship revivals begin in many countries, it is the prayer of Dr. Rodr?guez and the staff of GC Stewardship Ministries that your personal spiritual life will be enriched, your thinking stimulated, and you will sense a new appreciation of these important subjects that describe the very unique relationship between God and man. At the end of each major section, you will find questions to consider that have been designed to lead into in-depth discussions of key issues.

Don E. Crane, Co-Director GC CM Stewardship Ministries

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TOWARD A THEOLOGY OF STEWARDSHIP

I. Introduction II. Aspects of the Nature of God

A. God AWas@ B. God Is the Creator C. God Is Love III. Aspects of Human Nature A. Humans Are Creatures B. Humans Are Made in God's Image C. Humans and Dominion Over the World IV. Fall and Sin A. Human Freedom B. Sin as Rebellion: Claiming Ownership C. Sin as Selfishness and Enslavement V. Salvation and Stewardship A. Christ: Image of God and Steward B. Restoring the Stewards C. Restoration of the Image of God D. Stewardship of Creation and Apocalypticism VI. Summary

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