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And so she did, and left her pastor Bruce McDonald very puzzled. But Bruce respected the nurse highly as a fearless worker among under-privileged youth. Indeed he was praying about the plight of mortgaged families in the church, who had seen their interest rate doubled to 18% or more in a matter of months. How could these people freely give to God as they desired? Bruce was convinced that debt and interest were not in accordance with God's Word. [Read Bruce's story]
But how could they "pool resources" when money was so tight? They decided to assume that each family would contribute $20 per week into a fund. As soon as there was enough money they would conduct a ballot and re-finance the first with an interest-free mortgage. That family would then re-pay their mortgage interest-free to the fund while continuing their contributions [no longer required], until their loan was re-paid. The repayments would increase the cash flow into the fund enabling the next loan to be balloted sooner. Working through the figures they found that the last contributor would receive their interest-free mortgage in twelve years [See model]*. Altogether millions of dollars in interest would be saved. Best of all, the contributions would remain in the fund as foundation capital, enabling countless others following in their footsteps to receive their interest-free loan sooner. Could this be God's plan to release Christians from the bondage of mortgages and interest, in order to release them to give in financial freedom? Could this be the answer to such conditional Bible promises as Malachi 3 verse 10, resulting in a great outpouring of financial blessing on God's Kingdom in the last days? And so began a year of research into the biblical, financial, and legal aspects of establishing such a fund. Finally in July 1989 Liberty Trust opened with 122 applicants and five trustees. The rest is history. Our original research has proved correct. Within twelve years each of the contributing pioneers were offered their interest-free mortgages. We have continued to grow and now have $5 million in interest free circulation and $16 million has been lent and re-lent. The original vision and the truth of those simple instructions have become a reality as God has continued to bring greater clarity and purpose to His Word, and new meaning and fulfilment to Bible principles [See Bible Study on Finance]. Christians should "pool their resources". This is not an invitation to communism but a simple instruction founded on the Old Testament system of community storehouses. This will bring a glorious release of finance and the promised blessing to His Church - His Kingdom in the last days. The vision is immense and faith challenging. Is the Church ready?
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Beginnings
Liberty Trust really began early in 1987 when an intercessor who was praying
about the plight of families with mortgages received a series of instructions
from God. God told her that:
Pastor Bruce shared the instructions with the elders of his church,