Ministry Funding Ideas: Their Need For Ministry Funding Resources Led To eBay
Those seeking ministry funding ideas are discovering that the internet is a gold mine of church stewardship resources. While providing useful ideas on church finance, the internet has resources for improving your parishoner's personal finances, providing income producing ideas for helping church members succeed financially.
Ministry And Church Funding Source Possibility
Recently I was intrigued by a possible ministry and church funding resource -- use eBay to generate an income stream. Now I know there are millions of people who use eBay as the basis for a home business but I have never done so to this point.
My sister-in-law in New Mexico buys loads of stuff off eBay. My son has found good computer product deals on eBay too. But notice they are buying on eBay. Is there a way to harness people buying on eBay as a church stewardship resource?
He Funded His Ministry Through His eBay Business
Back during the Cedar Fire in San Diego I was serving as a Red Cross chaplain at one of San Diego's disaster centers and met a pastor who said that he was able to fund his ministry through a profitable home based eBay business.
During the holiday season their were eBay Christmas Commercials displaying this very recognizable logo, one that has come to identify this world famous auction reseller. This company uses their brand identifying logo everywhere. Here is that famous eBay logo but few of us see it as an income stream for a ministry or church:
Now it is that pastor whose eBay business strategy funded his ministry that has my attention. He made money from his eBay home business while those in my family were purchasing items. Entrepreneurs we are not!
I remember a Nazarene pastor's wife who sold some out of print books from her husband's library, hopefully with his permission. She did have his permission to auction some of his books, because he told me she sold one book, an obscure volume that he wouldn't have paid 35 cents for. Her price was $35, bought by a Bible college student who could not find it anywhere else because it was out of print yet needed for a class he was taking. Since he had over 10,000 books, she developed an eBay Used Bookstore.
The Ministry Funding Possibilities that eBay Offers
Of course, back then, I was oblivious to the ministry funding possibilities that eBay offers entrepreneurial type people. I recently told my wife I was going to explore using eBay as a way to generate funds for our world evangelism offering.
I will keep you posted as to whether my eBay ministry funding idea has any merit. Especially since my wife just rolls her eyes at some of my ideas for keeping my Christian business home based profitable.
Onward with purpose,
Chaplain Paul Slater
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