And this is the offering which ye shall take of them: gold and silver, and brass, and blue, and purple and scarlet and fine linen and goats’ hair, and rams’ skins dyed red and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood….. (Exodus 25:3-7).
It is the quest of every church to develop, that is, grow in number by winning souls, build an edifice for fellowship, make positive impact on society and so on. All these development activities of the church require funding. When it comes to raising of funds, the church has to look within and raise funds. In the scripture above, the Almighty God told Moses to take offerings from His people. God always gives the ability to every church to be able to raise funds internally for development.
In some cases, one has come across churches sharing envelopes to the general public for the purpose of raising funds to develop their churches. This idea may seem good, however, these churches should know that it is possible to raise all the funds needed from within to advance the course of the gospel. The ability to raise funds from within is a special ability granted by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Members of the church should be taught the importance of giving funds willingly to advance the course of the church. More often than not, members of churches do not have knowledge about giving and receiving. Church leadership should therefore teach members to know that, it is for their own benefit and blessing when they give willingly to support the gospel. Every church has the ability!
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