Giving is a commandment just as confessing, repenting and being baptized are commandments.  When we give, we’re obeying a commandment and making an offering to God.  We’re not giving to the church - we’re giving to God.  

 

Individuals giving of their means is the ONLY source of income for supporting God’s work found in the New Testament.  God is interested in what is in a person’s heart.  He doesn’t need money because everything in the world is already His.  Thus, we don’t raise funds by having raffles or bingo games or car washes or yard sales, or by badgering people to drop in a few more coins by repeatedly passing the collection plate.  Funding comes from our giving and that is something each of us does as a part of worship in a willing, purposeful manner.

 

The money contributed is used by the church to advance the cause of God - to spread the Gospel in an attempt to save souls.