Counting the cost, from Luke 14, was taught before baptism and the cost was made specific rather than left rhetorical. Members were expected at multiple meetings a week, to evangelise actively, to give a tithe and additionally to give to Special Missions Contributions that were commonly set at a large multiple of a normal week's giving, and to submit to discipling. The Kriete letter of 2003 devoted substantial space to the finances: to how contributions were solicited, to the accuracy of the statistics reported to the movement about baptisms and attendance, and to the disparity between the demands made on members and the accountability of leaders. The movement's post-2003 reconstruction included financial reforms and greater congregational independence.