I had the incredible opportunity of speaking to the Lampo Group yesterday. I was absolutely blown away by the graciousness of Dave Ramsey and his entire staff.

As part of my preparation I did a little research on their organization and was extremely impressed.

-Over 750,000 families have now went through Financial Peace University.
-3.5 million listeners tune into the “Dave Ramsey Show” each week.
- In April over 1 million people participated in the “Town Hall For Hope” a live broadcast heard on the radio, seen on the Fox Business Network, and delivered to over 6,000 webcast locations across the country making it the largest syndicated webcast to date.

Clearly God is using Dave and this entire organization to do amazing things for His Kingdom. Beyond the amazing numbers you’ll find a passionate leader who cares deeply about his staff (Dave is currently using flash cards at his desk to memorize all 300 of his employees names). What other organization do you know that take an hour out of their work day to open God’s Word together?

About a year ago God prompted me to the importance of how we use our money. Brandi and I have had several recent conversations about how we could better use our money to impact more people.

My wheels got turning about a year ago when I read the total income of American churchgoers is $5.2 trillion. That’s a lot of stinking money.  It would also just take a little over 1 % of the income of American Christians to lift the poorest one billion people in the world out of extreme poverty. Furthermore while American Christians make up only 5 percent of the church worldwide, we still control about half of the global Christian wealth.

I was convicted that I would sometimes stay up late trying to figure out how I could afford this or afford that, but rarely was I compelled to spend hours strategizing about how I could more effectively fund Kingdom ventures. Getting my financial world in order is not just about me getting rich… it’s about me making an impact in this world. Money certainly doesn’t solve all of our world’s problems, but it sure can make a difference when it’s managed well.

Dave Ramsey and others like him are on a crusade to help people find a hope and freedom that could have a huge impact on the American church and the advancement of God’s love around the world.

I know money is a really, really, really personal thing, but I would love to know how you guys are doing in this area.

Have any sound financial advice that could benefit our community here?