Marcus Stead Ministry

My thoughts on tithing and giving money to the local church

Marcus Stead — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:50:38 +0000

As a young man I was taught by the churches that tithing was a New Testament command and that if I didn’t tithe I was robbing God and withholding blessings on my life. Some years ago, as I began to better understand the New Covenant, I realized that tithing has no place in the New Covenant and that it is only found in the Old Covenant and even before the Old Covenant, but it is not a command in the New Covenant. The New Covenant actually has a higher and more powerful way of giving and how to give. I talk about this topic in the video below.

Pastor/Teacher dominated churches

Marcus Stead — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:43:25 +0000

The video below expresses some of my thoughts regarding most churches around the world that are pastor/teacher dominated. There is a great need for true apostolic and prophetic ministry to complement the ministry of the pastor and teacher. If the body of Christ is going to be fully matured into the image of Jesus, just having pastoral and teaching ministry will not complete the job. The saints also need the equipping and input of true apostles and prophets. Listen to the video below discussing this topic.

Be careful of greacy grace

Marcus Stead — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:51:31 +0000

The condition of the church today

Marcus Stead — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:47:57 +0000

Unity in the Body of Christ

Marcus Stead — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:26:39 +0000

John 17:13-23

King James Version (KJV)

¹³And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

¹⁴I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

¹⁵I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

¹⁶They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

¹⁷Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

¹⁸As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.

¹⁹And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

²⁰Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

²¹That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

²²And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

²³I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.