All who are led by God’s Spirit are God’s sons and daughters. 15 You didn’t receive a spirit of slavery to lead you back again into fear, but you received a Spirit that shows you are adopted as his children. With this Spirit, we cry, “ Abba, Father. ” 16 The same Spirit agrees with our spirit, that we are God’s children. 17 But if we are children, we are also heirs. We are God’s heirs and fellow heirs with Christ, if we really suffer with him so that we can also be glorified with him.
Amerson look closely at financial stewardship traditions within African-American churches and offers ways for African-Americans churches to grow in their stewardship. While recognizing traditions of African-American churches, Amerson points to new ways of stewardship, including electronic transfers and creative endowments.
Amerson brings his experience in financial stewardship consulting to this subject. An as African-American clergyperson, he writes with authority concerning this specialized subject that is so often ignored.