Tithing is commonly understood as the giving of one-tenth of one’s income for God. This standard of giving comes from several passages in Scripture (e.g. Genesis 28:10-22).
The founder of the Methodist movement, John Wesley, offered an even higher standard for giving, and for our entire approach to living. “Gain all you can…. save all you can… give all you can.”
We are to seek to earn all we can in ways that are helpful to ourselves and others, never harmful. We are to “save all we can” by being frugal in our expenses. And then having earned all we can and spent only what we must to care for our own basic needs and those of our family (which we are never to neglect!), we are to give everything else away.
United Methodists value the tithe as a benchmark for giving, one we encourage our members to move toward and, once achieved, move beyond. We believe our giving should be both more challenging and more gracious to the whole world than simply trying to give a tithe of our income. We also believe that there is joy in giving, and the greater the generosity the deeper the joy.
Four Giving Options:
Church Office – Gifts may be made by writing a check and mailing to the church office. The church address is: 1610 Taylor Road, Columbus, IN 47203.
Online Giving – giving online via your checking account or a credit/debit card can be done at REALM online giving, a safe and secure giving platform for our church. One time use or create an account to make it easier for the next time.
Realm Connect APP – For members that have the Realm App there is a giving button at the bottom of the app. Once you click on that the next page says: “Make a gift”. This will take you to the onrealm giving page and you proceed from there. Your email will link your giving to your Realm Account and this will be listed on your giving record.
TEXT GIVING – Perfect for ANYONE that is a visitor, someone on the go not able to make it to church or you just want to make a one time gift. Text “sandyhookcolumbus” (all one word) to 73256. You will receive a text back with a link. The link will take you to the giving page. You can always use your credit/debit card or checking account. Again, your email will link your giving to your Realm Account and email you a receipt.