Giving

 

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How To Give

Sometimes we feel reticent to talk much about money, and about giving to the church, and this is understandable given the way some religious — and even ‘Christian’ — groups exploit people in shocking ways. However, the New Testament, like the Old, does give clear instruction: Christian giving is not to be left to chance, but is to be done in a properly organised way.

Paul gives considerable attention to the administration of money, devoting most of 2 Corinthians 8-9 to the subject (as well as instructions elsewhere). These chapters will repay careful consideration for our own thinking about Christian stewardship, but let’s highlight some key principles to think about corporately and individually.

Churches are instructed that giving is to be organised

  • Properly: (8:16-24) giving serious thought and effort to stewarding resources for the Lord.

  • Openly: (8:21) beyond reproach and honourable ‘not only in the Lord’s sight, but in the sight of man’.

  • Wisely: (8:22) not naïve about temptations, but entrusting money to those ‘tested and found earnest’.

  • Strategically: (8:18,19,23) funding ‘the preaching of the gospel’, ‘the needs of the saints worldwide’, ‘for the glory of the Lord himself’, ‘for the glory of Christ’.

Individuals are likewise instructed to give

  • Regularly & efficiently (9:5; 1 Cor 16:2) in a planned way, not casually. We should not resist giving through the planned giving schemes of our congregation.

  • Willingly (9:6-7) as God loves a cheerful giver!

  • Confidently (9:8-11) trusting God to supply all our needs as we seek to sow bountifully.

Please do study these Scriptures, thinking carefully and prayerfully about your own commitment to giving as part of the fellowship. Please contact Margo Logie through the Church Office (0141 332 2795) or margo.logie@tron.church.

The Epaphras Trust

The trustees of The Epaphras Trust handle the practical funding of the Tron Church ministries, managing the giving for the congregation on behalf of the Session (alongside other wider interests of the trust in helping fund Gospel work throughout the world). The Epaphras Trust was founded in 2001 and is a recognised Scottish charity (SC031870).

Giving to the work of the church through the Epaphras Trust is used to pay the stipends of our ministry staff and administrative staff, funds all the costs of our weekday ministries in Glasgow, supports our ministry training programmes for apprentices and ministers-in-training and also helps support our ministry partners working in the UK and throughout the world.

The current trustees of The Epaphras Trust are:

Sheila Gunn

Sheila was a partner in a large law firm for many years before taking on a number of non-executive directorships.

Alison Hair

Alison started working at The Tron in 2000 as Church Administrator. She is now retired but continues to serve as PA to the Senior Minister.

Richard Henry

Richard worked in business for 19 years as Finance Director. Since 2008 he has been the Church Manager at The Tron.

Edward Lobb

Edward is an Honorary Associate Minister at The Tron and until 2022 was the Director of the Cornhill Training Course.

Tom Magill

Tom spent the bulk of his working life in industry managing large factories around the UK before retiring some years ago.

William Philip

William has been the Senior Minister of the Tron Church since 2004. Prior to this he was the Director of Ministry for the Proclamation Trust and before this he worked as a cardiology doctor in Aberdeen. 

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