2.3 Análisis de la demanda
2.3.3 Identificación de la problemática turística existente en el Manglar La Boca
Few issues are as pertinent for the contemporary church as the issue of financial stewardship. Simply put, organisations need resources, especially financial resources.
Without income, no organisation can maintain its facilities, staff, or substantial programs. Marketing, carefully controlled budgets, and salaried employees are crucial to most organisations' success. Hence, it should come as no surprise that organised churches utilise each of these tools in building and supporting their infrastructures.24 On the importance of money in the church, Major Stewart emphasises that it is important for people to understand that even though money is not everything, it does solve many problems.25
The fact that majority of youths are students in secondary and higher institutions and they depend on their parents for finances have greatly limited the financial capability of the organisations in their bid to carry out their lofty programmes. Many times, the organisations depend mainly on the church for all their finances thereby making it difficult to get money from the church Authority to organise youth programmes. The board of Elders/Church committee in some C.A.C Assemblies usually allocate small amount of money for youth programmes in the Church‟s budget but it is usually meager where such exists.26
The expected free-will donations and offerings from members and philanthropists never come on most occasions; the reason being that, the Church authority seldom mobilises wealthy members of the Church to support the programmes of these organisations.
24 M. M. Mattison. “Church and Money”. http://www.auburn.edu/~allenkc/openhse/money.html.
Retrieved on 24th April, 2015.
25 M. Stewart. “Key Elements of an Effective Church Administration Strategy”. Retrieved from http://www.theafricanamericanlectionary.org/pdf/dialogue/KeyElementsofanEffectiveChurchAdmi nistrationStrategy.pdf
26 T. A. Agunlejika. 2003. “Evaluating Youth Ministry in Christ Apostolic Church (Osogbo Districts Coordinating Council as a Case Study)”. A Long Essay Submitted to ECWA Theological Seminary, Igbaja. 42-43.
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In the research findings as shown on the tables 13, 14 and 15 below, many of the respondents agreed that the problem of poor financing has hindered the maximum performance of youth operations in the church.
Table 13: The problem of poor financing has not allowed youth organisations in the church to perform maximally over the years.
Agree Disagree No comment Total
391 81 70 542
72.1% 15% 12.9% 100%
According to the above table, 391(72.1%) agreed that poor financing has not allowed youth organisations in the church to perform maximally over the years while 81(15%) disagreed. 70(12.9%) of the respondents remained neutral. Majority of the respondents are aware that that poor financing is a major problem that limited the activities of youth organisations over the years.
Table 14: The church authority is not doing much to finance the programmes and activities of youth organisations.
Agree Disagree No comment Total
400 100 42 542
73.8% 18.5% 7.7% 100%
On the issue of financial support from the church authority to youth organisations, table 14 indicates that while 400(73.8%) agreed, 100(18.5%) disagreed and 42(7.7%) passed no comment. This implies that a larger part of the respondents believe that the church authority is not doing much to finance the programmes and activities of youth organisations.
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Some of the youth leaders are at times frustrated when the subvention from the church is not released on time. This problem of inadequate funding has greatly affected the organisation, method and scope of youth programmes. Many of their activities like evangelistic outreaches and church planting, career talks, trainings and workshops are either poorly organised or postponed indefinitely because of insufficient funds.27 Many of such programmes which could have enhanced career and capacity building among youths of the church have greatly suffered setback due to lack of funds.
Poor financing has made it impossible to procure essential facilities for some of the Assemblies and Campus Fellowship centres that were planted or inaugurated. Often times, these Assemblies and Campus Fellowship centres do not have sufficient funds to purchase modern Public Address System, hire decent worship venues, take care of indigent members, procure office equipment and pay staff salaries or buy landed properties for construction of permanent church buildings. The non-availability of these essential facilities has greatly limited the effectiveness and impact of these Assemblies and Campus based Fellowship centres.
Table 15: Youth organisations don’t have enough financial capacity to finance the various Assemblies and Campus Fellowship centres they established.
Agree Disagree No comment Total
495 35 12 542
91.3% 6.5% 2.2% 100%
The research findings on table 15 shows that majority of the respondents, 495(91.3%) agreed that youth organisations do not have enough financial capacity to finance the various Assemblies and Campus Fellowship centres they established. 35(6.5%) disagreed while 12(2.2%) remained neutral.
27 T. A. Agunlejika. 2003. “Evaluating Youth Ministry in Christ Apostolic Church (Osogbo Districts Coordinating Council as a Case Study)”. A Long Essay Submitted to ECWA Theological Seminary, Igbaja, 42-43.
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It is also noticeable that the organisations are short of funds to provide certain amenities like school buses for the Primary and Secondary Schools being run by them while the lecturers at the Theological College are poorly paid. Some of them even take up the job as personal sacrifices to be rendered unto God.