Chicago Pastor Promotes Generosity in New Bible Teaching Series

Listeners to the radio program Bold Steps heard a new argument for open-handed giving in an episode released on Thursday. Mark Jobe, the founding pastor of New Life Community Church, used Ecclesiastes chapter 11 to suggest that believers often underestimate what they have to offer. He framed the episode, which is part of a series on living generously in an unpredictable world, as a direct challenge to the feeling that a person has nothing to give.

Jobe, who previously served as president of Moody Bible Institute, connected the biblical text to modern financial habits. He described faith as water and suggested that anything cast into it is never wasted. According to the teaching, a divine current returns these gifts in ways that defy human expectation. This interpretation positions generosity not as a loss, but as an investment with a guaranteed, if unmeasured, yield.

The pastor leads a multi-campus congregation in Chicago with more than 25 locations. He also founded New Life Centers, an organization that serves thousands of at-risk youth throughout the city. Jobe shares his ministry work with his wife, Dee. The program is produced by Moody Global Media, which also distributes the book The Church In Babylon: Heeding the Call to Be a Light in the Darkness by Erwin Lutzer and Ed Stetzer.

The episode is the first in a series dedicated to this topic. Jobe’s teaching emphasizes that the power of God's Word can transform lives through simple gospel messages. The show targets individuals seeking freedom and authenticity in their faith. By linking ancient scripture to contemporary anxieties about stability, the program offers a specific theological framework for handling resources in a volatile economic climate.