We exist to serve our fellow saints in the
greater church in three main ways:
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Proclaim Eternal Security
in a Age of Rampant Materialism
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Provide Biblical World Economic and Financial Perspectives
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Promote Practical & Biblical Stewardship
Our logo symbolizes the purpose of our cause — to promote
Christ in an age of financial and economic worldliness.
The symbol for Mulberry's ministry is a rose in a mulberry bush.
This tree has been a staple of industry and trade for thousands
of years in many cultures — in the production of silk, wood, medicine
and fruit. Even today, China employs the mulberry tree as
the logo for its department of commerce. The rose shown in
the midst of the tree represents Christ — the rose of Sharon.
MISSION ONE — PROCLAIM ETERNAL SECURITY
To promote the full and due worship of God, and a complete
trust and reliance upon his Son, Jesus Christ. … upon nothing else,
not financial systems, gold or any earthly security. The time will
come when gold will literally be "thrown in the street."
Supporting Perspective
Societies are being lured into a deep-seated and pervasive
idolatry — a belief framework — that stakes its faith in the ability
of human economic systems to provide security and peace for mankind.
As such, we live in an increasingly materialistic age where society
is being entrusted to the supposedly benevolent forces of self-interest
and the "love of money." Christians — much of the church —
have fallen prey to the falsehoods of these new "market" perspectives.
The Mulberry Ministry
We seek to uncover and explain the fraudulent and deceptive
claims supporting present-day, popular beliefs concerning financial
and economic systems and the humanist pursuit of the "good life.". In doing so, we hope Christians will
be exhorted to return their full worship and affections to God;
to rely upon Him and not the deceptive promises of a controlling,
materialistic world system.
Our Biblical Perspective
The Bible forewarns that, "Your wealth has rotted, and moths
have eaten your clothes. Your silver and gold are corroded
[…] You have hoarded wealth in the last days" (James 5:2-4).
World monetary systems will ultimately fail. Our only enduring
hope is full dependence on God, not upon gold or the "arms of man."
MISSION TWO — PROVIDE SCRIPTURAL WORLD PERSPECTIVES
To alert Christians to important developing trends with respect
to global
monetary and economic systems; to promote an awareness of their
impact upon faith and freedom; to help guide Christians' responses
to the approaching challenges and threats.
Supporting Perspective
Over the past two centuries, the world has witnessed the gradual
rise of a systematic, material order that is gaining increasing
influence over human activities. It is a development of the
endtime. Economic and financial systems, the key expressions
of this encroaching order, have gained ground at an extremely rapid
pace over the past few decades … even capturing the affections of
much of mankind. Many of these developments, though they will
deeply impact and test the lives of Christians, are stealth-like
and receive little public analysis.
The Mulberry Ministry
We serve as the "watcher at the door," researching and monitoring
global and domestic trends in financial and economic markets.
We serve to draw the attention of Christians to relevant issues
primarily through the means of publications and educational materials.
Our Biblical Perspective
The Bible speaks of a day when no one will be able to "buy
nor sell" (Revelations 13:17) without participating in the prevailing
system of that time. A deception so great is to sweep the
world that "if it were possible, even the very elect might be deceived"
(Matthew 24:24). In our view, that time has already begun.
MISSION THREE — PROMOTE PRACTICAL & BIBLICAL STEWARDSHIP
To counsel wisdom and safety with respect to financial affairs
and to promote the practice of proper stewardship.
Supporting Perspective
Stewardship principles taught today are increasingly skewed
by desires for gain and financial return. We observe that
the practices and advice of many Christian financial service providers
have become undistinguishable from the secular mainstream.
Stewardship advice often reflects an uncritical acceptance of the
prevailing worldly, materialistic perspective.
The Mulberry Ministry
To provide solid financial perspectives with respect to stewardship
and to provide practical direction to help Christians live "separate
and apart" (II Corinthians 6:17) from the influences of the world
emerging financial order.
To encourage providers of financial services to Christians to pursue
and endorse Biblically- balanced stewardship principles.
Our Biblical Perspective
We seek to illustrate the truth that "contentment with Godliness
is great gain" (I Timothy 6:6) and to promote the pursuit of the
prize of "a harvest of righteousness" (Hebrews 12:11) … peace and
contentment.
We are told that advisors will "come to you in sheep's clothing,
but inwardly they are ferocious wolves." (Matthew 7:15)
Seeing Christians as vulnerable and gullible targets of any investment
prospect that may however vaguely be associated with Christianity
or the Bible, these individuals think "that Godliness is a means
to financial gain" (I Timothy 6:5).
The Mulberry Ministry