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the 90-Day Challenge

Together as a church, we are challenging ourselves to give 10% of our income to the house of God for 90 days, beginning January 1, 2020. 

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Yes, I am in!

By submitting your name, you commit to reach toward tithing 10%
of your gross income from January 1-March 30, 2020.

(Don’t think you can afford 10%? Commit to stretch as far as you can.)

Calculate
Your Tithe

To the right, enter your total income from January 1-March 30, 2020. (If you have variable income, estimate based on trends.) The form will calculate 10% of that amount. Then, select how frequently you will give. 

The total will display how to divide your tithe up into each recurring gift. 

Set Up Your Giving

Set Up giving now

FAQ

The “tithe” is a biblical baseline for our giving of 10% off the top of our income, with a priority to giving to your local church. As someone has said, the tithe is a good foundation for your giving, but it may not be your giving ceiling. For some people, the tithe may get them started in a life of generosity, but others could give well beyond 10%.
The practice and concept of the tithe is found in many places in the Old Testament, including Genesis, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Proverbs, the Minor Prophets, etc. The tithe is mentioned 3 times in the Gospels and 4 times in the Book of Hebrews. Giving sacrificially to the work of the church is also mentioned repeatedly throughout the New Testament.
It may not be possible to jump from to 10% right away. But you can make a gradual plan to move to a baseline of 10%. You may also need to ask someone for help with budgeting or debt relief. (You can email anne@churchrez.org for resources.) Ultimately, giving to the Lord is  an exercise in faith that frees us from the chains of money and instead binds us to God. If you believe you can’t give 10%, give as much as you can right now, and ask the Lord for the faith to stretch beyond that.

Yes! We would still love for you to commit to the challenge, even though you might not make any changes to your regular giving. If you so desire, you may also choose to create your own generosity goal above 10% for the next 90 days.

There is a much stronger Biblical case for tithing off your gross income. In the Bible, the tithe was taken from our “first fruits.” That’s your gross income. Also, when we tithe off the top, we’re trusting more in God and less on our own resources.

Giving online is easy! You can set everything up here.

Entirely up to you, and whatever is most convenient! The challenge focuses on gifts given between January 1-March 30, 2020, but the frequency doesn’t matter. 

Definitely. Setting up a recurring gift is an assurance that we won’t forget (or, “forget”) when the time to give arrives. To set up your online gift as recurring, simply select “Set up recurring” here.

No, but that is when the challenge begins. If you’d like to give according to your pay schedule, you can set up your giving in a way that makes sense to you. But we do recommend starting in January.

The 90-Day Challenge is a practical—and entirely personal—opportunity to respond to the Bible’s teaching on tithing to the Lord. Church of the Resurrection is not raising money for a project or a campaign.

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