Series
Economics for Church Leaders
The Gospel Coalition’s Economics for Church Leaders series helps church leaders think more clearly about how to apply their faith commitments to economics and public policy.
Economics for Church Leaders: How to Think About Medical Debt Relief
Medical debt relief as an act of social justice has become popular in many Christian churches. But does it really have the intended effect of helping the poor and needy?
Economics for Church Leaders: Understanding the Debt Limit Crisis
While the Bible has a lot to say about debt, it doesn’t say anything about the debt limit. Still, there are a few conclusions we can draw from the biblical principles.
Economics for Church Leaders: Why Being Poor Is So Expensive
One of the worst things about being poor is that almost everything becomes a luxury good.
Economics for Church Leaders: Pharaoh’s Dream About ‘Consumption Smoothing’
Consumption smoothing, one of the first economic concepts to play a significant role in redemptive history, can help us better understand stewardship.
Economics for Church Leaders: Understanding Inflation
Inflation is higher than it’s been in a decade. Here’s how that should affect church leaders’ thoughts about money.
Economics for Church Leaders: The Importance of Unexciting Infrastructure
Infrastructure may sound unexciting. But it’s a part of the economy that has the most direct and long-lasting effect on your church and local community.
Economics for Church Leaders: National Debt as Intergenerational Injustice
Because we’re not paying what we owe, we’re leaving our debt obligations to people not yet born.
Economics for Church Leaders: Understanding Recessions
The COVID-19 recession was one of the deepest—but also the shortest—in U.S. history. But what exactly is a recession? And how do they affect our churches and our neighbors?
Economics for Church Leaders: Why the Price System Is One of God’s Artworks
Humans set individual prices, but it was God who designed the price system as a means of coordinating human activity for human flourishing.
Economics for Church Leaders: Understanding the Time Value of Money
Even if you’re unfamiliar with the concept, you likely have an intuitive understanding of the time value of money. Here’s why it’s important.
Economics for Church Leaders: Unemployment Is a Spiritual Problem
Christian leaders should understand how joblessness can adversely affect the spiritual and psychological well-being of those they serve.
Economics for Church Leaders: Understanding Income Tax Rates
Knowing what marginal and average tax rates are and how they affect our income can help us make better-informed decisions about how to steward God’s resources.
Economics for Church Leaders: Scripture’s First Economic Concept
Consumption is arguably the first (or maybe second) economic concept mentioned in the Bible.
Economics for Church Leaders: How Minimum-Wage Laws Affect the Poor
To help church leaders better understand how minimum-wage laws affect the working poor, here are 10 (mostly undisputed) points you should know.
