Advantages to United Church Mission
The following are advantages to switching to the United Church Mission model for giving:
- eliminates the Fellowship Dues “head tax,” removing the need to aggressively clean membership rolls to reduce Dues payments
- affirms all church giving as mission giving by creating a unified system of support
- simplifies giving to the wider church, making it easier to understand and explain
- mirrors biblical principles of percentage giving
- reflects the message we give to our church members to give proportionally
- promotes fairness for churches of all sizes and socio-economic make-ups
- ensures that all settings of the church rise or decline together
- maintains a reasonable minimum expectation for wider church support while making allowance for hardship situations faced by particular congregations
- invites generosity, promoting giving to the wider and local church as well.