The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum proper recipient of our tithes/offerings

Sorry for my confusion.

Benevolences is within the General Budget of the church. Faith Promises are handle outside of the General Budget. Only money received designated for Faith Promise is given to missionaries and mission groups. By everyone I meant missionaries and mission groups. Faith Promise is really a pledge. It's somewhat like the United Way in that pledges are made and budgets are made based on the pledges. If all the pledge money comes in, then the budgeted items (in our case - missionaries and mission agencies) will be allocated entirely, if not then less will be given.

Faith Promise is one of the common methodologies used by churches in support missionaries and mission agencies. I do not know the origin of it.