Return on Investment, or ROI as it is often referred to, is a performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency of an investment or compare the efficiency to a number of different investments. ROI tries to directly measure the amount of return on a particular investment, relative to the investment’s cost.
In January 2019, Aldersgate Church made an investment. We replaced the incandescent light fixtures and bulbs in the Worship Center with LED fixtures and bulbs. There are over 200 bulbs in the Worship Center and we were replacing on average a dozen bulbs a month at almost $14 per bulb. Not good management of resources, would you agree? So we paid the upfront cost of transitioning them from incandescent to LED.
The payoff? We have reduced our energy usage and are saving 25% on our electric costs each month! And we haven’t replaced one bulb. At this rate, the investment will pay for itself in about 2 years! That’s a pretty good return on investment, would you agree?
Where might you need to make an initial investment today? It might seem like a lot of time, money or energy. And it probably will be. But what might the payoff be?
What would the ROI be for:
Give generously and generous gifts will be given back to you, shaken down to make room for more. Abundant gifts will pour out upon you with such an overflowing measure that it will run over the top! Your measurement of generosity becomes the measurement of your return. –Luke 6:38 (The Passion Translation)
Ryan Smallwood
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