Giving and Stewardship
Each year the Parish of East Crompton St James has to meet rising costs. In this Parish we are asked to contribute £96,000 each year to the Diocese of Manchester. In addition to this we must have enough money to pay for our day to day 'housekeeping' as well as our local ministry costs. The assessment made on us as a Parish is based on an anonymous income survey, through which is calculated our POTENTIAL FOR GIVING. The Bible teaches we are to give a tenth (a tithe) of all we have to God - time, talents, resources, income. The Church of England expresses this by encouraging the faithful to give 5% to God through the Church and 5% to other good causes. We know from our own experience that the Parish, with its two worship centres (Parish Church and Mission Church) needs over £300 EVERY DAY (in general we must aim for about £10,000 per month to cover all our costs) to run - the only funding we get is from YOU! This year alone the Diocese of Manchester has had to draw over £800,000 from reserves because our expenditure is not supported by income. In a church with nearly 400 members, if every member promised to pay just ONE POUND (£1) PER DAY, EVERY DAY we would have more than enough to cover our running costs, our Parish share and support our mission locally. Is that too much to ask? |
