OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS STEWARDS – that we will cheerfully contribute of our personal and material resources according to that which God has given so to maintain a faithful and biblical ministry among us, to support the poor and to spread the gospel to the ends of the earth – Proverbs 11:24-26; 2 Corinthians 8-9; 1 Corinthians 16:2; Galatians 6:10. Biblical Benevolence (stewardship or giving) – benevolence begins with a right-heart attitude… 1 Timothy 6:6-12… Our attitude should be two-fold.