One of my life dreams is build a missionary trust where funds are released on a monthly or yearly basis. Whatever that value may be is irrelevant to me. Just that the trust is self-sustaining and gives (hopefully) a steady stream of funds while maintaining itself. I see Sanctuaries being able to play that role. Churches could pool to make a sanctuary and then fund the church financials or give to specific missions (charities, missionary in a specific country) to spread the great commandment in its daily form.
Mark 12 ESV 29 Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Financials should only be a concern in that it may multiply our ability to carry out the work Jesus called us to do... not to enrich us materially. This is a harsh statement, but IMO, those that hold masternodes specifically to enrich themselves only are not aligned with the Bible.
I agree with this, and it's also why I think that having charities with their own Sanctuaries is something we should applaud at BiblePay. It's a vote of confidence. I can't wait until a charity decides to submit a proposal to buy their own Sanctuary, and I hope that more will follow.
A side-note is that BiblePay probably won't be able to sustain itself when most of Sanctuary-owners are charities.
Paradoxically, the great thing about BiblePay - in my opinion - is that it's open to profiteers. What I mean by this is that an investment in BiblePay goes hand in hand with the thought about what your personal profit actually means. What does it mean for yourself to own a Sanctuary. And this question strikes an accord with myself personally, because I will fully acknowledge that I'm partly here because I see an investment in BiblePay as an investment in my own future.
So, in conclusion, I think that in order for BiblePay to survive, I think we need both investors and charities.
