Frequently Asked Questions

 

What makes Faith Financial different from other debt management organizations?

Debt management organizations are primarily concerned with creating a plan that will alleviate or ease their client’s mounting debt. Our primary concern is to assist willing clients to make a lifestyle choice (which may include a plan) to manage their money in a way that aligns their financial decisions with God’s plan for managing the resources He places within our responsibility.

 

Aren’t organizations like yours just a vehicle to sell me insurance or investment products?

While there certainly are Christian financial planners, investment firms and insurance companies selling products that may fit within a plan that will allow you to best manage God’s resources; we are not one of them. Our goal is that our clients are equipped with enough current information and accurate resources to be able to make quality decisions about the purchase of such products. We also provide tools that will allow our clients to appropriately evaluate the source from which they may choose to make a purchase.  We are not affiliated with any organizations, nor do we endorse any specific companies or products. Affiliations or endorsements may compromise our ability to work on behalf of the best interests of clients.

 

You keep referring to “God’s resources”. What is that about? I work hard for my money, isn’t it mine?

At the end of a long week it certainly does feel good to get that paycheck. It would seem we’ve earned it and therefore it belongs to us. This is a natural feeling. However, in the Psalms David writes:

“The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. For he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters.” (Psalm 24:1-2 NIV).

This phrase is found other places in the Bible, as well, and goes as far back in the Bible as Genesis. Our ability to learn and develop our talents and skills into something that will earn us a living has been directly placed in us by the hand of our Creator (see Psalm 139). The job to which we drive to every day and pour out our energies is God’s gift. That job allows us to receive the resources God has provided for our care and the care of others. Your promotions are gifts. Your earnings on that bank account, CD, or select stock are all gifts of provision to you. The division of provision may seem inequitable and yet, once again things are not as they seem. Those that have been given much are invited to partner with the King in bringing equity to a broken world by generously caring for those who have less. This allows the giver to emulate God. God gives generously of Himself and His expectation for us is that we would be so overfilled with gratitude we could not help ourselves from pouring out the abundance to others.

       

Why should I listen to the advice of someone who can’t possibly understand what I am going through? The last time I contacted someone for help I was met with a financially successful person who pointed to all the things I should have done. How will Faith Financial Ministries be any different?

Our coaches are all people who have experienced financial struggles and can, therefore, completely understand the despair and frustration that can accompany financial hardship. Our coaches have lived the reality of choosing to believe in the sovereignty of a loving God who promises provision even in the midst of circumstances that appear bleak. They are learning the ways of a generous God who provides abundantly what we need and have been called by Him to teach others what He has taught them.

 

 

Do you have a question? Submit your questions to us (see Contact Us). Each question will be promptly answered by a trained Faith Financial Coach.