LIFT UP CHRIST TELL THE WORLD

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• A challenge to all our institutions to become
  self-supporting through vibrant stewardship
  programs, regular auditing, strong internal
  control and good governance

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MOTIVATION

• The following verses describe the awesome results
  of one of the most successful periods of temple
  and worship reform in the history of Judah

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MOTIVATION

• Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the
  heaps and Azariah the chief priest, from the
  family of Zadok, answered, Since the people
  began to bring their contributions to the temple
  of the LORD,.

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MOTIVATION

• we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare,
  because the LORD has blessed his people, and this
  great amount is left over. Hezekiah gave orders
  to prepare storerooms in the temple of the LORD,
  and this was done. Then they faithfully brought
  in the contributions, tithes and dedicated
  gifts.... 2 Chronicles 319-12

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MOTIVATION

• This period of Old Testament history was
  characterized by a spirit of loyal stewardship
  among Gods people and the practice of good
  governance by the Priests and Levites. This
  resulted in a surplus in the temple treasurya
  powerful testimony to the fact that when Gods
  people follow His plan faithfully, nothing is
  impossible.

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MOTIVATION

• Notice this endorsement for Operation Hezekiah
  from the writings of Ellen White

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MOTIVATION

• This matter of giving is not left to impulse.
  God has given us definite instruction in regard
  to it. He has specified tithes and offerings as
  the measure of our obligation. And He desires us
  to give regularly and systematically. Counsel on
  Sabbath School Work, p 129.

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MOTIVATION

• Soon our money, property and other material
  possessions will melt with fervent heat and we
  will no longer have control over them. Operation
  Hezekiah is our opportunity to use these things
  to Gods glory and the saving of souls while we
  still have the chance.

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MOTIVATION

• The spirit of liberality is the spirit of
  heaven. This spirit finds its highest
  manifestation in Christ's sacrifice on the cross
  The cross of Calvary should appeal to the
  benevolence of every follower of the Saviour. The
  principle there illustrated is to give, give.
  The Acts of the Apostles p. 339.

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ADDITIONAL REFERENCES

• These are additional references that provide
  biblical support for Hezekiah Operation and may
  be useful for both personal study and promotion
• 2 Chronicles 31
• Genesis 28 20-21
• Leviticus 2730
• Malachi 37-10

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GOALS

• The specific Operation Hezekiah goals are as
  follows

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GOALS

• To treble the 2005 tithe income in 2006 by the
  thorough teaching of stewardship principles in
  500 selected churches. The following list
  indicates how the roll out is to proceed each
  year during the quinquennium

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GOALS
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GOALS

• That all union should have an unqualified audit
  opinion on the 2006 financial year.
• That 50 of all conferences and fields should
  have unqualified audit reports on the 2007
  financial year.

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GOALS

• That all conferences and fields should have
  unqualified audit reports on the 2008 financial
  year.
• That all unions, conference and fields are to
  attain self-reliance by 2010

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GOALS

• That arrangements are to be made for GCAS to
  audit all unions, conferences and fields
  annually.

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GOALS

• That entities at all levels of the organization
  produce monthly financial statements to be shared
  with their governing committees/boards and their
  next higher organization.

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GOALS

• To ensure that treasury staff at all levels of
  the organization are adequately trained and that
  they approach their work professionally.

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GOALS

• To ensure that all executive committee and board
  members at all levels of the organization are
  able to interpret financial statements.
• That all conference and fields should have a
  checklist for trust fund remittances.

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GOALS

• That all organizations be encouraged to operate
  on a debt-free basis and within their budgets.
  Those in debt are to develop a plan for the
  settlement of the debt.

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GOALS

• That all organizations be encouraged to manage
  their funds responsibly whether they are
  debt-free or not.
• To develop local effective marketing strategies
  for tithe returned in kind.

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ACTION PLANS

• These Action Plans place strong emphasis upon the
  following three essentials a) Making every
  effort to bring the Lords resources into the
  churchs treasury through strong stewardship
  programs

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ACTION PLANS

• b) Taking special care to protect the Lords
  resources through vigorous internal control
  systems and regular auditing c) Ensuring that
  the Lords resources are well-managed through
  good governance at every level of church
  administration

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ACTION PLANS

• Emphasize the teaching of stewardship from a
  holistic biblical perspective so that members can
  learn to be stewards not only in the returning of
  tithe and the giving of offerings, but in all
  areas of spiritual life. Our members must be made
  to understand that stewardship is a process not
  an event.

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ACTION PLANS

• Promote the holding of Christian Personal Finance
  Management seminars in the local churches, so
  that members may be taught the biblical
  principles of personal money management.

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ACTION PLANS

• Promote the formation and efficient functioning
  of the Local Church Stewardship Committee, which
  is to facilitate the teaching of stewardship
  principles to members the making and
  implementing of local church budgets

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ACTION PLANS

• the presentation of periodic financial reports to
  the local church and the promotion of the Annual
  Stewardship Week of Emphasis. This committee
  could be renamed the Hezekiah Operation Committee.

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ACTION PLANS

• Ensure that both the Stewardship Department and
  Treasury are mandated to oversee Hezekiah
  Operation at each level of the division
  organization (division, union, conference/mission
  and congregation).
• Encourage the use of Spirit of Prophecy books
  such as Systematic Benevolence, Counsels on
  Stewardship, and Go Forward in the program of the
  Stewardship Department.

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ACTION PLANS

• Recommend that Internal Control Seminars be
  conducted annually in all organizations and
  institutions, and that treasury employees who are
  unwilling to implement reasonable internal
  control measures be subject to the appropriate
  disciplinary measures.

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ACTION PLANS

• Recommend that organizations and institutions
  regularly review their staff complement and
  streamline their workforce where there are
  instances of over-employment.
• Require the sharing of financial reports that
  show the giving patterns and trends of churches
  with respect to tithe and offering as follows

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ACTION PLANS

• The local Church Treasurers to report to their
  churches/district councils at least monthly.
• The local Conference/Field/Mission Treasurers to
  report to their churches at least quarterly.
• The Division and its Unions to do the same at all
  appropriate meetings.

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ACTION PLANS

• Require local Conferences/Fields/Missions to
  employ auditors to audit each local church and
  its companies at least once every year.

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ACTION PLANS

• Urge the conferences/fields/churches to maintain
  accurate and regularly audited membership lists
  so that all Operation Hezekiah reports will be
  accurate.

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ACTION PLANS

• Do everything possible within the scope of
  Operation Hezekiah to move all the
  sub-organizations of the division to a
  self-reliant status during this quinquennium.

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ACTION PLANS

• Emphasize the teaching of stewardship from a
  holistic biblical perspective so that members can
  learn to be stewards not only in the returning of
  tithe and the giving of offerings, but in all
  areas of spiritual life. Our members must be made
  to understand that stewardship is a process not
  an event.

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ACTION PLANS

• Educate and encourage the church to elect those
  who are faithful in stewardship to leadership
  positions, irrespective of the level within the
  organization.

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ACTION PLANS

• Share any Operation Hezekiah programs that may be
  working well, for example, the stewardship
  program initiated and implemented recently in the
  Zimbabwe Union Conference.

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ACTION PLANS

• Recognize and apply the principle, at all levels
  of the church structure, that one of the best
  ways in which to protect the Lords resources is
  to implement regular and effective maintenance
  programs for all equipment,

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ACTION PLANS

• vehicles and buildings. Poorly maintained
  church facilities and equipment are usually an
  indication of inadequate management techniques.

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