{"id":3458,"date":"2024-05-23T02:13:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T02:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3458"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:32:24","slug":"building-a-congregation-that-can-build-a-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=3458","title":{"rendered":"BUILDING A CONGREGATION THAT CAN BUILD A CHURCH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Here&#8217;s a little article I am working on for the upcoming Mission Resource quarterly newsletter. Many of our &#8220;loan officers&#8221; are pastors and this sort of thing happens all the time in their churches as a result of having capital available to the congregation:<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here in the States, we tend to take our\nchurch buildings for granted\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in developing countries like Ghana, local congregations\ncan struggle to find the means to put up even a crude structure to shield\nagainst the weather.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is why we get extra excited to hear reports about how\nMission Resource loans are indirectly aiding local churches around Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emmanuel recently shared how one of our loan officers,\nPastor Ernest Nyador, rejoices over the opportunity to offer Mission Resource\nloans to members of his church.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhW80B7artRaMuD-IeHZBnMHMBhvcT9k-z7Vs2wb-0quKCUsI8i59Su_0Vtr0E2IHvFGy6k5F1Od7cRNhftaXkM8_D0u3PO4wW_3uDD6UBbFWwZHmowFaxDyb-djSON6Kmg9L-XBg1yAmlCoZg2C5BRX33kBtyMIa1aRZ67qb40vnVjAKNu4zE2EuURatY\/w400-h400\/Earnest%20and%20Patience%20Nyador.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Pastor Ernest and his wife Patience<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pastor Ernest reports that since his members started\nreceiving loans, they have been able to stabilize and grow their businesses,\nfeed their families, AND financially support the ongoing construction of the\nchurch building. In that same time, he has seen increases in church offerings\nin general year after year, even during the recent harsh downturn in the\nGhanaian economy!<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The church\u2019s floors have been tiled and\nnow plaster is going on the walls. We are excited \u2013 but not surprised &#8211; to hear\nsuch positive, God-honoring, Kingdom-building repercussions from Mission\nResource loans!<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh3uLzbo1KRqq-4ad38GBRTku-6_ku2QIPscfM3AviAmRlIefC6CmbSm2LaJE5Y1sb7qSQFUAUBLIgPZu0NNasGp-xZFE3DwkzWg30KeyXl6z9j53Ldve65dYFvp2dTSANY9xygik_Ic3kb_f-krfpzz0hHig5jpw5aeQwG-gqL1aNum5M6SrTn1KRQpr8\/w640-h480\/AKPLALE%20CHRISTIAN%20CHRUCH%20BUILDING%20-%20INNER%20PLASTERING%20WORK%20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a little article I am working on for the upcoming Mission Resource quarterly newsletter. Many of our &#8220;loan officers&#8221; are pastors and this sort of thing happens all the time in their churches as a result of having capital available to the congregation: Here in the States, we tend to take our church buildings [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3461,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3458\/revisions\/3461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}