How Churches Should Increase Church Giving |
Posted: December 11, 2020 |
When I started out in my ministry, I did not really understand the concept of church giving. When I later left the ministry, I had to learn some new ways to help others give and receive from the Lord. I found that many other ministers and teachers had developed good methods for ministry through the church giving. Some of them were using the methods I was using--but they were not using the same positive methods that I had found. So I did some research on the subject. I was delighted when I learned that one of the top researchers on the subject of church giving, John Wimbert, had written an excellent book entitled, The Grace of Christ.
I read it several times and was impressed with what he had to say about church giving. In his book, he says that churches should not be about tithes or offerings. He said that there is a big difference between giving in order to buy something and giving out worship or praise so that people will come to the church. The first type of giving is one way to minister to people and the second is the way we have poured out our lives in love for others.
I had a couple of conversations with my church leader about this. My church leader told me that he believed that I should not use money as a motivator to bring more people to church. He did not think that the financial donation was a very good reason to go to church. He did agree that there are great causes that churches should be supporting. One of these causes is missionary work. My church leader knew that I was passionate about this and he understood that I might want to use tithes and offerings to increase church giving.
I was thankful for the truth that my church leader shared because I could not go on my own. I knew that I was missing something when I was not raising money and feeding the poor. I realized that I could not go on with my mission and give to other churches. That was the biggest revelation for me because I realized that there were many people in other churches who were also interested in helping the less fortunate.
My next revelation was that I needed to be concerned about the needs of the poor and needy. I started to get more involved with collecting donations and putting together programs to help the vulnerable. I made some amazing discoveries and it was amazing how God can use what we give to increase church giving. God gave us His funds and He is also able to increase church giving. I am just thankful that I found this great revelation when I was out serving the Lord!
I have been blessed by the encouraging words of several church leaders who understand the value of giving. I was able to turn my ideas into reality when I found them. There is no limit to how much a church can help. It doesn't matter if you are just getting started or whether you have been giving for a long time. Every single church should want to raise funds. Every church leader should want to increase church giving.
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