The Good $ense Ministry began at Willow Creek Community Church (WCCC) over 25 years ago. It was started in response to a congregational need for pastoral help with personal financial struggles and to understand how to honor God with personal resource management.

Over the years, hundreds of trained budget counselors have assisted thousands of members with resource issues and as many as 3,000 people have annually attended Good $ense sponsored workshops, seminars and financial counseling sessions.

A testimony to WCCC's commitment to stewardship as a core value is evidenced by volunteer support of over 200 ministries, donations of cars and food to the needy and consistently met church operating budgets.

In the early 90's, churches began showing interest in the WCCC Good $ense Ministry and seeking assistance with their stewardship efforts.

In 1993, Good $ense Workshops began to be offered at WCCC-based conferences and became a part of the Association's Regional Conferences in 1998.

As more and more churches were exposed to the ministry through WCA activity and the Movement Champion's work with national stewardship organizations, the requests for materials and ministry direction continued to be strong.

A survey by WCA to member churches revealed that one of the top requests was for resources that would help teach church members about biblical stewardship. In the year 2000, a full time effort to provide such materials in the form of a "ministry kit" began. These materials would enable a church to establish a year-round, church wide, integrated ministry of stewardship education and training.

Since 2002, thousands of churches and ministry leaders have utilized and hundreds of thousands of individuals have been benefitted from the original and subsequent Good $ense resources.

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