Initiative 4 Invest

The greatest sustainable impact that our church makes in telling The Story to the nations (M-2 and M-3) is to serve as senders who partner through prayer and finances with C&MA workers and their projects.

The People of God build the body when they joyfully give.  In the Metro district, God’s people show this by the way they give their time or skills to tell the story.  And there is great rejoicing when they invest their wealth.  Jesus taught that “… where your treasure is, there your heart is also” (Matt 6:21), which affirms that our churches are investing where we can see the greatest impact.  Our goal is that our collective giving from all of our churches will advance from a 2007 total giving of $1.9 million to $4 million by the year 2018 to C&MA global causes.

When a C&MA church gives money to non-Alliance causes, they are taking money from the worker in the foreign land.  The immediate result is that funds are cut for evangelism and church planting, as well as other social causes that our workers are serving.  However, when a church gives to the Lord knowing that He has called us to reach the world with His Truth through our established networks, people are impacted and the Gospel is heard.

PROGRESS

2009

$2,357,610

2010

$2,488,859   +5.9%

2011

+7.5%