This past week at my request I received a report regarding our 2012 Faith Promises that we made together in April of this year. During our Spring Mission's Service our guest speaker, Nathan Turney, challenged us to embrace a world-view in spreading the gospel. One fourth of the world has never even heard the name of Jesus! Another fourth has not received sufficient teaching and witness to be able to make a decision for Christ. We partnered to pray and give to mission's project's and missionaries around the globe as a church. Committed monthly giving makes this possible.
Our Faith Promise card indicated the amount we would individually commit ourselves to give and the combined total of our promises as a church was $19,020.00 during the next 12 months! (There were some other verbal pledges made as well that came in after April's mission's service) Our monthly commitment currently stands at $1585.00. And here's a first hand report from the first two months.
* May $1,013.00 came in representing 63.91% of what was pledged. ($572.00 shortfall)
* June $1,502.00 came in representing 94.76% of what is pledged. ($83.00 shortfall)
To meet our goals we would need to make up the $655.00 shortfall.
Remember a Faith Promise is between you and God. It is a sacred act. It is a spiritual agreement between you and God that, with His help, you will give a pre-determined amount to the church during the next 12 months to be used in world missions for the purpose of reaching those who are far from God. It's your total reliance on God for divine provision. This is not your tithe-your tithe is God's portion of what He's already provided for you. This is not a pledge-our church will not contact you if you fail to make a payment.
As we continue to reach our goals in spreading the gospel around the world we want to also expand our efforts here at home in reaching our city for Christ too! Thank you for your faithfulness!
I love our city and our church!!
Pastor Russ
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