I listened to a great message from Mars Hill church by Rob Bell today entitled "The Theology of the Clicks" It's an interesting message where he talks very openly on behalf of the church about their driving forces and their finances. He discusses Mars Hill's philosphy on giving and how for the longest time his belief was that the topic of giving should be avoided because of people's baggage from other churches. Their belief was that as people are transformed by following Jesus, people would just naturally give. He then shares some pretty ugly numbers in terms of giving in West Michigna. Based on the 14 largest churches in the area, the average giving is around $1,500/per person. Mars Hill is at about $500/person. Interesting. The rest of the message deals with what it looks like to be transformed as you follow Jesus, click by click.

You can download MP3 here: Money Sunday: A Theology of the Clicks or click here to listen to it online. You can see a list of all of the messages here.