Program enables church members to give electronically
1/8/2003 By United Methodist News Service Giving
to your local church has just become easier. United Methodists
throughout the United States can now make their church contributions
through electronic funds transfers.
The United Methodist
Electronic Funds Transfer program allows participants to contribute to
their local congregation by means of an authorized, recurring financial
transfer directly from their checking or savings account to the church
account. The program was sponsored and tested by the denomination's
financial agency, the General Council on Finance and Administration,
headquartered in Evanston, Ill.
Such fund transfers are familiar
to many church members who already use this technology for making
recurrent payments for their monthly mortgage, car loans or other
regular financial commitments.
The new service will make it
easier for United Methodists to honor their pledges, and it will reduce
the fluctuation that churches see in contributions during the year, the
council says.
Congregations of any size can participate in the
program, which is affordable and has no initial set-up fee, according to
the agency.
Information about the program is available on the council's Web site, www.gcfa.org.
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