DENNIS O. TONGOI is married to Irene and together they have three children; Julie, Sammy and Tabitha. For twenty years the Tongoi’s have been in the ministry with The Navigators. The Navigators being a faith ministry has meant that the Tongoi’s have lived on financial gifts pledged monthly to support them as they minister. Because of the uncertainty of their monthly income, the principles of living in an uncertain economy found in this book, have been very real for them. Their prayer is that the lessons shared here will be used for God to free His people to walk in the fullness of His grace and trust Him fully especially in these turbulent times.

JESUS TALKED MORE ABOUT MONEY THAN ABOUT HEAVEN AND HELL COMBINED…

King Solomon was the wealthiest man who ever lived. In the book of Proverbs he mentions wealth and poverty as a major theme because of the need ‘to give prudence to the naive.’ Naive Christians often ignore money because they think it is dirty and worldly. But Jesus did not ignore money. He talked more about money than about heaven and hell combined. We must “mix God with money” if we are going to live out God’s purposes fully during our time here in this world.

While struggling to get out of a personal financial crisis in the early nineties, Dennis Tongoi discovered truths on “Biblical stewardship” as a result of this study of the Bible and reading of Christian literature on this topic. Unfortunately, many of the books from the west fail to take into consideration the chaotic economies of the Third World; the social/economic context of Africa, such as demands of the extended family and the lack of access to credit.

The material in this book has grown out of the interactions at seminars held with fellow African believers on the content as we sought to make the teaching of the Bible relevant to our context.