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God is love, which means He gives; unconditionally, joyfully, impartially, abundantly. God’s giving is for His own glory. This is what guides us in our giving. God’s Word instructs us in the same way. We are told to give to Him out of a grateful heart (Proverbs 3:9-10), a joyful heart (Duet. 14:22-29, 2 Corinthians 9:7), a willing heart (Exodus 35:4-29), and from the abundance that He has given to us (1 Chronicles 29:10-22). We give in response to His generosity and for His glory.

Options for giving:
1. Giving by cash or check in our services each   Sunday.

2.  Many choose to mail in their gifts each month. Simply address the envelope to:

First Baptist Church
3115 Ocean Drive
Corpus Christi, Texas 78404

3.  Several choose to sign up for automatic draft from their bank account. Contact our Financial Office at (361) 888-8228 or you may e-mail
     accounts@fbc-corpuschristi.org
  or financial@fbc-corpuschristi.org

Our Financial office will be able to help you with these forms

4.  The Online Giving is provided as a convenience. Online giving can be a direct transfer from your bank account to the church (eCheck) for tithing, one-time gifts or reoccurring gifts for special projects.

5.  Online giving by use of your credit card - First Baptist Church does not want you to give with your credit cards if you are not able to pay off your credit card balance each month.

Giving Online
Giving online is one of the ways we encourage members to become people of love and to give. We prefer that our members give during one of our worship services since giving is an expression of thanksgiving and worship of God. But we also recognize the fact that worship is a lifestyle and can be done anytime and anywhere and that many of our members are unable to worship with us at 3115 Ocean Drive on Sunday. We hope that online giving will help our members express their gratitude, joy, generosity, and faithfulness to God.

Tithing
Tithing is taking the first 10% of what God has blessed you with and worshipping Him with it; with gratitude, joy, and a willing and faithful heart. The tithe is given to God, not to the church. We give our tithes along with God’s people at church, and the church uses the tithes to fund the operations and various ministries the Holy Spirit leads the church in doing, but the tithe is given to God. We encourage all of our members to tithe because they believe that it is God who has given to them everything they have, and because they are grateful to Him and believe that this is how He has instructed us to say “thank You.”

Tithing and the Church
If the tithe is given to God, what role does First Baptist Church play? Our church is a fellowship of believers, called out by the Holy Spirit to worship and glorify God as followers of Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord. Our church receives the tithes of the members and uses them to fund the operations and ministries of the church. But we make it clear that the church does not “need” money to live. This church lives by the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. If we had a huge bank account and lacked God’s Spirit we would be dead. Likewise, if we are filled with God’s Spirit and all the money is gone, we would be as active and alive as ever! We want to encourage our members to be grateful, generous, joyful, believers in what God has said and done for us in Christ.

Tithing Through Your Will - for more information click on this link.

It is our hope that online giving will serve you as you gratefully, generously, joyfully, and faithfully give to our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

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