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What is Faith Promise Missions Giving?
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Jack Manly, a veteran missionary, summed up the soundness of the Faith Promise Program in the following statements:
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The faith Promise Plan is a means by which Christians are enabled to obey Christ's missionary commission through their own local church. |
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It is a plan that challenges people to give systematically and purposefully to world evangelization |
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The faith Promise Plan is in complete harmony with God's plan (forming a purpose and then giving according to that purpose. II Corinthians 9:7). |
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It ties missionary giving in with the local church and channels the giving through the church. |
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It challenges every member to participate - from the very youngest to the oldest. |
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This plan gives a concrete goal to the church Missions Conference and one in which all are challenged to have a distinct part. |
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It guides the church in its committal to Missionary support and obligation, knowing the approximate amount of money it will receive for missions during the year. |
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It confines the financial appeal to an annual event and hence eliminates the need for constant appeals for missionary offererings. |
"Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity, for God loveth a cheerful giver."
II Corinthians 9:7
