Stewardship

In giving to His Church a proportion of our salary, we follow His glorious example in love.

1. That our level of giving to the Church rises out of our level of income.

2. That giving out of thanks for God's blessings will involve sharing a portion of that income with others.

A great deal is said today about tithing as the highest form of proportionate giving. The 10% tithe has often been held up as the standard for Christian stewards, and there are many advantages to it.

1. It is a biblical standard (read Malachi 3:8-10)

2. It is related to income and not to the Church's budget.

3. It has a universality about it, in that the concept is as old as the Old Testament.

4. It is easy to figure out. For example: if you have $100.00 in income, 10% of that, or $10.00 is given to the Church.

5. It would produce enough funds to not only maintain our parish but to expand our programs and to spread the gospel message to the Charlotte area.

The advantage to proportionate giving is that it allows us to express this love no matter how little we happen to have or how we happen to feel. Your financial commitment is needed in order for our parish to maintain itself but to also expand our programs and to spread Orthodoxy to the Charlotte area.