Emphasis Preaching Journal
It was one of those...
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It was one of those letters that the finance committee chairperson hates to write. The
church was experiencing a financial crisis. It was the usual reason: membership was
declining; many members were older, while at the same time expenses were rising.
Dinners and barbeques were held to raise funds for the church, but it was only a band-aid
to a much larger problem.
