Money Matters

Discipleship embraces every aspect of our lives including the use of money.

Money is a gift to us and part of our Christian commitment is to use it wisely and give generously. Obviously, paying for our mortgage or rent, utility bills, food, clothes and other basic essentials are vital but so also is our giving to charity and to the church. A church, like our homes, has basic essentials to pay for as well as its staff and its community outreach and our church depends upon its members and friends to support its work and the fabric of its buildings.

For Christians, giving is first and foremost an act of thankfulness in response to God’s gifts to us and there are Biblical principles and guidelines which help us to consider how we use our money. In the Old Testament there is the idea of giving a ‘tithe’ (a tenth) of one’s yearly income for sacred purposes; this may not be possible for some people of course and in the New Testament we find these words: “…for if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what he does not have” (2 Corinthians 8: 12)

Every so often, church members are asked to reconsider their giving, according to their circumstances and conscience and the Methodist Church has produced a leaflet “Money is a Gift”, which is helpful in approaching this matter.

If you would like to read the above mentioned leaflet, please click here.