We at CGGC Cross-Cultural Ministries are grateful for every dollar that is given to advance the gospel around the world. And we want to do everything possible to show good stewardship of the resources entrusted to us. We are excited about the existing ministries we are supporting, as well as the new missionaries and missionary interns who are “in the pipeline.” This leads me to introduce an important topic, namely: How do YOU as a donor know how a missionary’s or ministry’s support is doing? People frequently ask us how a specific fund is doing, or who is in greatest need of support. We certainly don’t answering those questions, but there are some places available for direct information. One is the CGGC website, where you will find overall monthly financial statements. (This information is found at http://www.cggc.org/resources/stewardship/. Click on the link that says “Contributions.”) The monthly financial statement provides information regarding Cooperative and Designated giving from each regional conference, as well as detailed year-to-date giving for each Designated ministry fund (which includes all CCM missionaries and ministries). Also, we provide “missionary shares” updates on a bi-annual basis using the "Share in the Sending" brochure and at http://www.cggc.org/ministries/cross-cultural-home-page/missionary-shares-program/. This also describes the shares program and why we use it. Just to let you know, we determine needed shares by taking the annual support goal and subtracting from it the sum of current pledged shares and one-time gifts. We then divide the remainder by $300 (an annual share), and – voila! – we have the number of currently needed shares. This looks like complicated math, but we do it this way so that people have an idea of current giving levels. We know that many people give occasionally as the Lord directs, but as much as possible we encourage monthly, budgeted giving so that our missionaries can have some idea of how their support is doing. Monthly giving also strengthens the missionary’s prayer support, as their supporters have a stronger link to them. Questions? Comments? Please let us know! Let’s start a conversation, and do everything we can to “excel in this grace of giving” (2 Cor. 8:7).
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