Why Faith Promise Giving?

On Sunday at worship with Rockbridge Church during our Mission Celebration, we are going to ask partners and regular attendees to commit to a faith promise giving for missions. We believe that we are called to the mission of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world, and this faith promise is one part of how we do that! The fact is that there are amazing mission organizations that are greatly impacting the world that we want to partner with. We will select faith-based organizations that will use nearly all of your gift to go directly to serving a need by a person locally, regionally, or internationally. These organizations are ones that are committed to taking care of both the physical and spiritual needs of a person.

A faith promise is a financial commitment to missions based upon the conviction that God wants to give that amount to missions; an amount not necessarily dependent upon known resources. This is about trusting God to give through you! A faith promise is:
1. Between you and God and not a pledge to the church.
2. Over and above your regular giving to support your church.
3. Beyond what you can see. You trust God to give it to you, then you give it to help others.

I invite you to pray this week, "God, what do you want to give through me?" Then trust God to provide you with the resources to fulfill your promise! Then on Sunday you can make a faith promise so that we can make plans to share those resources with wonderful organizations. The great part about all of this is that you can then nominate organizations that you think are deserving of our support. This will be the only time we ask you to give to missions above and beyond your regular giving. If you have any questions please email me at david@rockbridgelife.com

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