What is Faith Promise
You may be wondering: what exactly is a Faith Promise? This fall, our Church will celebrate all the Lord has done outside the walls of our church, in our communities, and our world, through our Local and Global Ministry Partners.
In November of 2022, we made a collective commitment, above our tithe, to support these efforts, trusting in faith that God will provide what we promise to give throughout the year.
Below you will find some commonly asked questions about Faith Promise. If you have any questions not answered here, please contact our the Missions Team.
Let me just put it out there, I love missions! Jesus’ final words to GO and MAKE DISCIPLES is one of the clearest commands we have in Scripture. At Homeport, we honestly believe that lost people matter and when we support missionaries here in our area and throughout the world, we are literally putting our money where our mouth is.
In years past, Homeport has supported our Missionaries by sending 10% of our weekly giving. As we sought the Lord’s guidance and direction regarding our missions giving, we felt the draw to change our missions support to a different model. Faith Promise offers all of us an opportunity to trust the Lord. It’s a chance to step out in faith and give above what we give through our tithes and offerings. I get it, stepping out in faith is difficult. We struggle to trust the Lord to provide in the future because we don’t know what that may look like. But when we look back at all the ways God has provided not just for us personally but how He has provided for all the generations before us, we know His promises for tomorrow are not going to dry up or change.
There is a passage in Matthew 6 where Jesus taught about worry and money. He pointed to the birds of the air, who never lack food to eat. He asks about the lilies in the field who Solomon’s splendor never compared to. Then He asks one last question: Don’t you think you mean more to God than they do? And if God provides for them, how much more will He provide for you? He ends with this amazing teaching moment in Matthew 6:33 by saying, “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.”
This is what Faith Promise, and really all giving, is all about. God wants to provide for you. He wants to take care of your needs. He is more than able to sustain you as you give back to Him so that His work is being accomplished here locally and around the world.
Ben Boles
In years past, Homeport has supported our Missionaries by sending 10% of our weekly giving. As we sought the Lord’s guidance and direction regarding our missions giving, we felt the draw to change our missions support to a different model. Faith Promise offers all of us an opportunity to trust the Lord. It’s a chance to step out in faith and give above what we give through our tithes and offerings. I get it, stepping out in faith is difficult. We struggle to trust the Lord to provide in the future because we don’t know what that may look like. But when we look back at all the ways God has provided not just for us personally but how He has provided for all the generations before us, we know His promises for tomorrow are not going to dry up or change.
There is a passage in Matthew 6 where Jesus taught about worry and money. He pointed to the birds of the air, who never lack food to eat. He asks about the lilies in the field who Solomon’s splendor never compared to. Then He asks one last question: Don’t you think you mean more to God than they do? And if God provides for them, how much more will He provide for you? He ends with this amazing teaching moment in Matthew 6:33 by saying, “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.”
This is what Faith Promise, and really all giving, is all about. God wants to provide for you. He wants to take care of your needs. He is more than able to sustain you as you give back to Him so that His work is being accomplished here locally and around the world.
Ben Boles
Tithe simply means 10 percent and was demonstrated in the Old Testament through passages such as Leviticus 27:30, Numbers 18: 26, Deuteronomy 14:24, and 2 Chronicles 31:5. Throughout the Bible it talks about the benefits and importance of giving, and the church continues the 10% minimum from the Old Testament as a means to support the ministry of the local church.
So how does this relate to Faith Promise? What’s the difference? Your tithe is what you give to the church according to what you are able. Faith Promise is in addition to one’s normal tithe. It is sacrificial giving of what you do not currently have. It is dependance on God to provide what is needed. Passages such as 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 and 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 encourage giving cheerfully to a specific need in Jerusalem, according to what they were are able.
So how does this relate to Faith Promise? What’s the difference? Your tithe is what you give to the church according to what you are able. Faith Promise is in addition to one’s normal tithe. It is sacrificial giving of what you do not currently have. It is dependance on God to provide what is needed. Passages such as 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 and 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 encourage giving cheerfully to a specific need in Jerusalem, according to what they were are able.
No. A Faith Promise is an agreement between you and God. The amount is determined after earnest prayer, and you faithfully depend on God to provide it.
During the the Missions Banquet in November, we will collect Faith Promise commitment cards. You will fill out a commitment card to indicate the amount you feel the Lord is calling you to give to support our missionaries. Though anyone can make a commitment throughout the year.
Yes, there are several examples of people who were willing to give to the Lord out of faith. The church in Corinth (1 Corinthians 8:3) “gave according to their means, as I can testify, and BEYOND their means of their own accord.” In Luke 21:1-4, Jesus tells the story of the widow who gave, through faith, “all she had to live on”. In John 6:9-13, one boy gave 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish, which provided food for 5,000 people. Also, in Genesis 22 we read about Abraham and his willingness, through Faith, to offer his son Isaac to the Lord. In response to Abraham’s Faith the Lord provided for Abraham by way of a ram for sacrifice in place of Isaac. Abraham called that place “The Lord will provide”. Lastly, in 2 Kings 4:1-7 a poor widow only had a small portion of oil for her and her son, which she shared with the prophet Elisha, and not only did she not run out, but she had enough left over to sell and live off.
No. There are many friends of the church who may want to join the support of these missionaries. They do so by sharing in this ministry through Homeport.
PRAY. Pray that God will direct you to the amount that He wants you to give. Also, pray and be on the lookout for ways in which God is providing extra income that you can give towards Faith Promise. When giving these funds, above your tithe, place them in the offering, clearly marked as “Faith Promise”. There will also be Faith Promise envelopes available.
Faith Promise is trusting the Lord to give above our tithe to provide for the Missions Homeport supports around the world. Perhaps the better way to answer that question is to insert the term into a sentence - “By FAITH I TRUST THE LORD AND I PROMISE to give $ _____ per week to World Missions”. The promise to give is based upon the faith to receive. It is not a promise to give something you already have. It doesn’t take faith to give what you already have, but it does take faith to promise to give what you don’t have. It is simply the FAITH by which we trust the PROMISE of God for His PROVISION for the work He has commissioned.
The Missions Team at Homeport has been prayerfully considering the change to Faith Promise giving to fund the Missions Budget for over a year. We believe that when we depend solely on God to fund the mission’s budget, He will “do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power, that is at work within us.” We believe that God will use our church to greatly increase His kingdom. We know that when we put our trust in God and rely on him completely, He will show up in a mighty way. As we depend on Him, our faith as a church and as individuals will grow and God’s kingdom will grow! We want everyone to hear the good news of Jesus Christ and we believe that God will use Homeport to accomplish this mission as we completely trust in Him. “Our hope is that as your faith continues to grow, our area of activity among you will greatly expand, so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you”
2 Corinthians 10:15.
This is a promise between you and God, not a pledge to the church. No one will contact you or keep track of your progress toward your commitment. The Faith Promise commitment cards will have no place for a name or contact information.
PRAYER! Everyone should be in active prayer seeking God’s direction in what and how to give. This is between you and God.
Faith Promise money will provide Homeport Christian Church with the financial resources to support stateside and global missions. It will not be used to support the general ministries of the church.
Yes. There is always a need that can be met and should be met by a growing number of participants.
There are a number of ways to give your Faith Promise Commitment. You decided whether to give it weekly, monthly, or in one lump sum for the year.
You can give cash in an envelope and write Faith Promise on the envelope so we know where to direct your gift.
You can give by check and write the Faith Promise amount in the Memo line.
Or you can give your commitment online. You can select Faith Promise from the drop down menu that says "Fund" or you can give it with your regular tithe to the General Fund by clicking the button that says "Add Donation" and selecting Faith Promise in the added donation line.
You can give cash in an envelope and write Faith Promise on the envelope so we know where to direct your gift.
You can give by check and write the Faith Promise amount in the Memo line.
Or you can give your commitment online. You can select Faith Promise from the drop down menu that says "Fund" or you can give it with your regular tithe to the General Fund by clicking the button that says "Add Donation" and selecting Faith Promise in the added donation line.
Let me just put it out there, I love missions! Jesus’ final words to GO and MAKE DISCIPLES is one of the clearest commands we have in Scripture. At Homeport, we honestly believe that lost people matter and when we support missionaries here in our area and throughout the world, we are literally putting our money where our mouth is.
In years past, Homeport has supported our Missionaries by sending 10% of our weekly giving. As we sought the Lord’s guidance and direction regarding our missions giving, we felt the draw to change our missions support to a different model. Faith Promise offers all of us an opportunity to trust the Lord. It’s a chance to step out in faith and give above what we give through our tithes and offerings. I get it, stepping out in faith is difficult. We struggle to trust the Lord to provide in the future because we don’t know what that may look like. But when we look back at all the ways God has provided not just for us personally but how He has provided for all the generations before us, we know His promises for tomorrow are not going to dry up or change.
There is a passage in Matthew 6 where Jesus taught about worry and money. He pointed to the birds of the air, who never lack food to eat. He asks about the lilies in the field who Solomon’s splendor never compared to. Then He asks one last question: Don’t you think you mean more to God than they do? And if God provides for them, how much more will He provide for you? He ends with this amazing teaching moment in Matthew 6:33 by saying, “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.”
This is what Faith Promise, and really all giving, is all about. God wants to provide for you. He wants to take care of your needs. He is more than able to sustain you as you give back to Him so that His work is being accomplished here locally and around the world.
Ben Boles
In years past, Homeport has supported our Missionaries by sending 10% of our weekly giving. As we sought the Lord’s guidance and direction regarding our missions giving, we felt the draw to change our missions support to a different model. Faith Promise offers all of us an opportunity to trust the Lord. It’s a chance to step out in faith and give above what we give through our tithes and offerings. I get it, stepping out in faith is difficult. We struggle to trust the Lord to provide in the future because we don’t know what that may look like. But when we look back at all the ways God has provided not just for us personally but how He has provided for all the generations before us, we know His promises for tomorrow are not going to dry up or change.
There is a passage in Matthew 6 where Jesus taught about worry and money. He pointed to the birds of the air, who never lack food to eat. He asks about the lilies in the field who Solomon’s splendor never compared to. Then He asks one last question: Don’t you think you mean more to God than they do? And if God provides for them, how much more will He provide for you? He ends with this amazing teaching moment in Matthew 6:33 by saying, “Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.”
This is what Faith Promise, and really all giving, is all about. God wants to provide for you. He wants to take care of your needs. He is more than able to sustain you as you give back to Him so that His work is being accomplished here locally and around the world.
Ben Boles
Tithe simply means 10 percent and was demonstrated in the Old Testament through passages such as Leviticus 27:30, Numbers 18: 26, Deuteronomy 14:24, and 2 Chronicles 31:5. Throughout the Bible it talks about the benefits and importance of giving, and the church continues the 10% minimum from the Old Testament as a means to support the ministry of the local church.
So how does this relate to Faith Promise? What’s the difference? Your tithe is what you give to the church according to what you are able. Faith Promise is in addition to one’s normal tithe. It is sacrificial giving of what you do not currently have. It is dependance on God to provide what is needed. Passages such as 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 and 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 encourage giving cheerfully to a specific need in Jerusalem, according to what they were are able.
So how does this relate to Faith Promise? What’s the difference? Your tithe is what you give to the church according to what you are able. Faith Promise is in addition to one’s normal tithe. It is sacrificial giving of what you do not currently have. It is dependance on God to provide what is needed. Passages such as 1 Corinthians 16:1-2 and 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 encourage giving cheerfully to a specific need in Jerusalem, according to what they were are able.
No. A Faith Promise is an agreement between you and God. The amount is determined after earnest prayer, and you faithfully depend on God to provide it.
During the the Missions Banquet in November, we will collect Faith Promise commitment cards. You will fill out a commitment card to indicate the amount you fell the Lord is calling you to give to support our missionaries. Though anyone can make a commitment throughout the year.
Yes, there are several examples of people who were willing to give to the Lord out of faith. The church in Corinth (1 Corinthians 8:3) “gave according to their means, as I can testify, and BEYOND their means of their own accord.” In Luke 21:1-4, Jesus tells the story of the widow who gave, through faith, “all she had to live on”. In John 6:9-13, one boy gave 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish, which provided food for 5,000 people. Also, in Genesis 22 we read about Abraham and his willingness, through Faith, to offer his son Isaac to the Lord. In response to Abraham’s Faith the Lord provided for Abraham by way of a ram for sacrifice in place of Isaac. Abraham called that place “The Lord will provide”. Lastly, in 2 Kings 4:1-7 a poor widow only had a small portion of oil for her and her son, which she shared with the prophet Elisha, and not only did she not run out, but she had enough left over to sell and live off.
No. There are many friends of the church who may want to join the support of these missionaries. They do so by sharing in this ministry through Homeport.
PRAY. Pray that God will direct you to the amount that He wants you to give. Also, pray and be on the lookout for ways in which God is providing extra income that you can give towards Faith Promise. When giving these funds, above your tithe, place them in the offering, clearly marked as “Faith Promise”. There will also be Faith Promise envelopes available.
Faith Promise is trusting the Lord to give above our tithe to provide for the Missions Homeport supports around the world. Perhaps the better way to answer that question is to insert the term into a sentence - “By FAITH I TRUST THE LORD AND I PROMISE to give $ _____ per week to World Missions”. The promise to give is based upon the faith to receive. It is not a promise to give something you already have. It doesn’t take faith to give what you already have, but it does take faith to promise to give what you don’t have. It is simply the FAITH by which we trust the PROMISE of God for His PROVISION for the work He has commissioned.
The Missions Team at Homeport has been prayerfully considering the change to Faith Promise giving to fund the Missions Budget for over a year. We believe that when we depend solely on God to fund the mission’s budget, He will “do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power, that is at work within us.” We believe that God will use our church to greatly increase His kingdom. We know that when we put our trust in God and rely on him completely, He will show up in a mighty way. As we depend on Him, our faith as a church and as individuals will grow and God’s kingdom will grow! We want everyone to hear the good news of Jesus Christ and we believe that God will use Homeport to accomplish this mission as we completely trust in Him. “Our hope is that as your faith continues to grow, our area of activity among you will greatly expand, so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you”
2 Corinthians 10:15.
This is a promise between you and God, not a pledge to the church. No one will contact you or keep track of your progress toward your commitment. The Faith Promise commitment cards will have no place for a name or contact information.
PRAYER! Everyone should be in active prayer seeking God’s direction in what and how to give. This is between you and God.
Faith Promise money will provide Homeport Christian Church with the financial resources to support stateside and global missions. It will not be used to support the general ministries of the church.
Yes. There is always a need that can be met and should be met by a growing number of participants.