Have you considered online tithing for your church? One of our clients, Egiving.com, offers a powerful online giving tool targeted specifically toward Christian nonprofit organizations and churches. On both a personal basis or from a ministry’s perspective, online tithing and electronic giving can be used to further the Kingdom and provide stability for ministries in need of funding as well as givers who sometimes struggle to be faithful.
From the giver’s perspective, tithing is a way to show appreciation for God’s faithfulness in providing for your needs. What if He provided for you, only as faithfully as you tithe? It seems understandable to skip or to forget once in a while, but what if He did that to you? Of course, His grace is unearned, but that should not be something we use to excuse our lack of giving. By tithing, we acknowledge that we realize that all we have is from above and that we trust God to continually provide.
By setting up an account for online tithing through recurring electronic giving with EFTs, you’ll take your commitment to faithfulness to a whole new level. Instead of having to act in order to fulfill your stated intentions, you’d have to aggressively make a change in order to bow out on your weekly responsibility. By making yourself accountable in this way, you’ll all-but alleviate the temptation to keep the money you’ve committed to the Lord.
From the ministry’s perspective, tithes and offerings provide the funding necessary in order to serve the Lord and your church body and community. Without the projected income, the projected budget can be in distress. By providing a platform to allow for online tithing, you can attain more regular financial resources. That kind of reliability in financing can free you and both your paid and volunteer staff for the work of the ministry.
Once you choose to accept electronic giving through EFTs and other online and electronic giving solutions, you have many options. You can choose whether to accept only withdrawals from checking accounts or to offer your givers the options of using their debit or credit cards, as well. While the latter does come with additional fees, the long-term financial benefits more than even out: our e-givers have an unusually high retention rate of 95% over 5 years, giving your ministry the financial stability you desire for it.
From both the giver’s perspective and the ministry’s perspective, implementing online tithing and other electronic giving solutions through Egiving can be a helpful way to succeed in meeting goals, for the sake of Christ’s Kingdom. If you give to a ministry that doesn’t currently support online giving, why not ask them about it? To find out more about how they can help your ministry, visit the Egiving.com website or call them at 888-780-4483. They’d love to meet with your ministry’s leadership team to discuss precisely how Egiving.com can help you reach your individual ministry goals, this year.
