Foreword<br > The timing of a book s release is as important as its<br >subject. This book by John Avanzini comes at exactly the<br >right time.<br > I believe the message of faith and prosperity that is in<br >the Church today has been sent by God， because the cost<br >of taking the gospel into all the world is higher in our day<br >than anyone could have ever imagined. No longer are we<br >simply raising a few thousand dollars to purchase some<br >pews and an organ. The Church now faces the necessity of<br >raising millions and millions of dollars to purchase the<br >high-tech communication equipment required for today s<br >mass evangelism.<br > Add to this the fact that the doors of almost every<br >nation on earth are now open to the gospel， and you will<br >find that millions of dollars will not be enough. It will take<br >billions.<br > Having bought and paid for nearly 500 television<br > stations， Trinity Broadcasting Network understands just<br > how important the message of biblical economics is to the<br > Body of Christ. The saints of God must prosper financially<br > if they are to meet this challenge. Jan and I thank God for<br > the men and women who faithfully teach the biblical<br > message of seed time and harvest. We know it has not been<br > easy for them， for they have been opposed by vicious，<br > self-appointed critics who have openly slandered them，<br > misrepresenting to the Body of Christ what these men and<br > women of God are actually teaching. They have<br > wrongfully accused them of teaching that the Bible<br >