In the past, Providence hasn’t emphasized money. This has been intentional - we know that there are too many people using religion as a mask for greed. We don’t want to give the impression that the church is just after money. But we know that Jesus talked about money - a lot. And when he did, he made it about the heart of the giver. Generosity flows from a heart that knows that God is the real owner and giver of all things. In order to put the choices more in the hands of the church, we’re doing giving a little differently this year. Read below about how we’re doing this and why.
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We know that the last thing Jesus told us to do was to go into the whole world and make disciples. But how does that get accomplished?
From the apostle Paul to the pioneers of modern missions movements, every effort to cross distances and cultures with the gospel has involved money and resources. Serving others and planting churches has a cost.
Instead of causing new disciples and churches to appear out of nowhere, God sends his people to carry out his mission. He provides the resources, but the main way God provides them is through the giving of his church.
When you give, you help make it possible for a church to be planted, a missionary to make it from point A to point B, or some proven missions organizations to impact our world locally and globally.
Missions is not part of our general budget this year. Instead, it’s in your hands to give to the efforts our elders have prayerfully chosen for Providence to support.
From the apostle Paul to the pioneers of modern missions movements, every effort to cross distances and cultures with the gospel has involved money and resources. Serving others and planting churches has a cost.
Instead of causing new disciples and churches to appear out of nowhere, God sends his people to carry out his mission. He provides the resources, but the main way God provides them is through the giving of his church.
When you give, you help make it possible for a church to be planted, a missionary to make it from point A to point B, or some proven missions organizations to impact our world locally and globally.
Missions is not part of our general budget this year. Instead, it’s in your hands to give to the efforts our elders have prayerfully chosen for Providence to support.
What to the What? Sound like code for some kind of secret operation? Let’s break it down, shall we?
Firstfruits is the biblical idea that the first of whatever we get belongs to God. But doesn’t it all belong to him? Yes, of course. But he asks for the first part back... first. It’s a way for us to demonstrate that we trust in God more than we trust in our posessions.
Storehouse is a Bible word for the combined resources of God’s people, put to work for God’s kingdom. At Providence, we’re led by a body of elders, elected by the church. They put together a budget every year, with a lot of prayer, careful thought, and diffucult decision-making. This budget represents the Providence “storehouse” - the resources needed to carry out the day-in, day-out stuff of ministry the way we do it.
What does this giving go to? A lot. It pays for and keeps the lights on in our buliding. It buys resources for children’s ministry. it pays the staff. It buys the speakers that our worship music comes out of. It takes students on retreats to get away from ordinary influences and focus on becoming more devoted followers of Christ. It helps provide for folks in our church who find themselves in need.
If you’re a Providence member, this is where your first giving goes.
Firstfruits is the biblical idea that the first of whatever we get belongs to God. But doesn’t it all belong to him? Yes, of course. But he asks for the first part back... first. It’s a way for us to demonstrate that we trust in God more than we trust in our posessions.
Storehouse is a Bible word for the combined resources of God’s people, put to work for God’s kingdom. At Providence, we’re led by a body of elders, elected by the church. They put together a budget every year, with a lot of prayer, careful thought, and diffucult decision-making. This budget represents the Providence “storehouse” - the resources needed to carry out the day-in, day-out stuff of ministry the way we do it.
What does this giving go to? A lot. It pays for and keeps the lights on in our buliding. It buys resources for children’s ministry. it pays the staff. It buys the speakers that our worship music comes out of. It takes students on retreats to get away from ordinary influences and focus on becoming more devoted followers of Christ. It helps provide for folks in our church who find themselves in need.
If you’re a Providence member, this is where your first giving goes.
When Providence got its start, we met wherever we could. When God gave us the blessing and responsibility of a building to meet in, we took to it eagerly. It has never been a main goal for Providence to become a huge church. But, as we have discovered, numerical growth tends to happen to any church that is seeking to carry out the mission of Christ - and that’s a good thing.
And if you’ve seen the crowds in the Studio on Sunday mornings during CrossRoad and NES, or if you’ve peeked into the Creation Station hallway where our preschoolers learn, or if you’ve had trouble finding a seat or a place to park, you know that we’ve run into a space problem. As Providence continues to grow naturally, we’ve got to think about where to put all those people every week.
The first step is a professionally conducted feasibility study that will give us a plan. It’s not cheap, but it saves money and regreat in the long term.
Pray. Consider how God would have you give toward an expansion of our physical space.
And if you’ve seen the crowds in the Studio on Sunday mornings during CrossRoad and NES, or if you’ve peeked into the Creation Station hallway where our preschoolers learn, or if you’ve had trouble finding a seat or a place to park, you know that we’ve run into a space problem. As Providence continues to grow naturally, we’ve got to think about where to put all those people every week.
The first step is a professionally conducted feasibility study that will give us a plan. It’s not cheap, but it saves money and regreat in the long term.
Pray. Consider how God would have you give toward an expansion of our physical space.
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