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The first point on our combined list is money. In Modesto we are determined to do all we can to avoid financial abuses and to downplay the offering and depend as much as possible on money raised by the local committee in advance.

The second item on the list is the danger of sexual immorality. We pledge among ourselves to avoid any situation that would have even the appearance of compromise or suspicion. We do not travel, meet or eat alone with a woman other than our wife or husband.

Our third concern is the tendency of many evangelists to carry on their work apart from the local church, even to criticize local pastors and churches openly and scathingly. We are determined to cooperate with all who would cooperate with us in the public proclamation of the Gospel, and to avoid an anti church or anticlergy attitude.

The fourth and final issue is publicity. The tendency among some evangelists is to exaggerate their successes or to claim higher attendance numbers than they really had. This likewise discredits evangelism and brings the whole enterprise under suspicion. It often makes the press so suspicious of evangelists that they refuse to take notice of their work. In Modesto we commit ourselves to integrity in our publicity and our reporting. 

Isaiah 26:3-4  [3] You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! [4] Trust in the LORD always, for the LORD GOD is the eternal Rock.  

Romans 15:20 NLT  [20] My ambition has always been to preach the Good News where the name of Christ has never been heard, rather than where a church has already been started by someone else.