Many of our local and global partners face challenges difficult for us to imagine. They minister to populations that are often hostile to God’s Word, encourage new believers to worship and fellowship together, and tend to the physical and spiritual needs of their communities. These activities require money, but fledgling city church plants and national ministries are often in communities rooted in poverty. These brothers and sisters need our financial help.
The City and Global Outreach designations represent a “double tithe” of the capital campaign giving. We believe the Lord would have us give out of our abundance to projects outside of Tenth’s direct needs. Our goal is to raise an additional $700,000, or 20% more than our projected capital expenses, as a double tithe—10% to city church plant work and 10% to global outreach projects. The projects selected have the involvement of partners connected with Tenth. While this represents a unique approach to capital campaigns, we believe it is consistent with our church mission of using the abundant resources with which God has blessed us to reach the city and multiply gospel ministry globally.
The strategic investment we make enables our local and global partners to accomplish more than they could through our ordinary offerings or Easter Sacrificial giving. Without this capital giving, it would be difficult for these ministries to otherwise accomplish their goals.
Project of the Week: Global Outreach Projects │ $350,000
God’s call for sacrificial giving should benefit not only us, but others throughout the world with whom we are already laboring. Each of the projects listed below represents the continuation of an existing partnership with Tenth-supported workers and national leaders.
- Continue construction of the Rafiki Village in Monrovia, Liberia, for orphans
- Continue construction of a church building, school, and children’s center in the Los Olivos community of Barranquilla, Colombia, with Gospel Through Colombia
- Contribute to the development of the African Enterprise Study Centre for Urban Mission and Evangelism to train up a new generation of church leaders in Africa
- Contribute to the endowment for the Dr. James M. Boice Chair of Practical Theology at the Reformed Seminary in Aix-en-Provence, the only Reformed seminary for the Francophone world
- Through a partnership with Miami International Seminary (MINTS), help Mission to the World (MTW) videotape teachers in the United States, translate the teaching, and offer the videos to students, pastors, and church planters throughout the Muslim world
- In keeping with our partnership with a major world people group, fund a church building project for a major city in a Muslim country.
