Giving to Christ Church

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Generous regular giving by the church family helps us to meet the costs of our many outreach and discipleship activities, including funding our staff team, meeting spaces, online ministry, youth and children's ministry, work with Christians Against Poverty, other outreach activities in the community, encouraging renewal in other local Church of England churches under the Bishop’s Mission Order for Truro and our gospel partnership initiatives locally and internationally. We would love you to become a partner in this work by giving financially. 

God has shown his great love for us in giving us so much, supremely in his Son. Having received such undeserved generosity, it is our joyful response to give our lives to serving him. Giving is not limited to our finances, God wants us to be generous with our time, energy, skills, property and homes. If we have received God's abundant grace then we all have something to give generously.

Abundantly God's word tells us of the abundant nature of God's gifts to us so that we might give abundantly in response. While the Old Testament commanded a tithe (10% of income), the New Testament is far more radical: it calls us to give in a sacrificial way. Some will give far more than 10% of their income, others less. 

Thoughtfully and prayerfully Each of us should give what we have decided in our heart to give. We need to think carefully about the resources we have been given, not just give what we have spare, but give in a planned and regular way. 

Joyfully It's easy to give for the wrong reasons - to relieve our guilt, to avoid other avenues of Christian service, or to be seen to be generous by others. Instead, God loves a joyful and big-hearted response to all that he has lavished on us.