Giving

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

- Matthew 6:21

Why we give.

The word tithe means 10%.  Tithing our income reflects a grateful heart that wants to give back to God a portion of what He has given us; in reality, what is already His. Tithing is our opportunity to show God that He is first in our lives. James 1:17 says that “every good and perfect gift is from above …" so we have an opportunity to tangibly show God He is the owner of our finances by giving back to Him the first of what He gives us.
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Three Reasons Why We Tithe

Tithing reflects our heart

What is the most important thing to you? Jesus said in Matthew 6:21 that “where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” We can see the reality of that in the world today and the exaltation of the financially successful, and more personally you can see that by looking at your own checkbook.

“Bring all the tithes (10%) into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.” Malachi 3:10

Tithing is biblical

Long before tithing was a practice of the Israelite people, Cain and Abel, the second generation of the human race, brought an offering to the Lord. The Lord blessed Abel’s offering, but rejected Cain’s. Abel brought the “firstborn of his flock,” while Cain brought “some of the fruits of the soil” as an offering. God wants to be first. The following scriptures show how tithing is biblical.

"Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; he was the priest of God Most High. And he blessed him and said: “Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” And he gave him a tithe of all." Genesis 14:18-20
“And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God’s house, and of all that you give me I will surely give a tenth to you.” Genesis 28:22
"And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord’s. It is holy to the Lord." Leviticus 27:30
And it shall be, when you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and dwell in it, that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground, which you shall bring from your land that the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket and go to the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide. Deuteronomy 26:1-2

Tithing is a benefit

God’s kingdom is built on multiplication, not division. God uses the tithe as an investment where everyone involved gets a return on the investment. Obviously, the church and the kingdom are blessed, and yet God’s nature is to also bless the giver. This principle is highlighted in the passage below.

Moreover he commanded the people who dwelt in Jerusalem to contribute support for the priests and the Levites, that they might devote themselves to the Law of the Lord. As soon as the commandment was circulated, the children of Israel brought in abundance the first fruits of grain and wine, oil and honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything. And the children of Israel and Judah, who dwelt in the cities of Judah, brought the tithe of oxen and sheep; also the tithe of holy things which were consecrated to the Lord their God they laid in heaps. In the third month they began laying them in heaps, and they finished in the seventh month. And when Hezekiah and the leaders came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord and His people Israel. Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. And Azariah the chief priest, from the house of Zadok, answered him and said, “Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to eat and have plenty left, for the Lord has blessed His people; and what is left is this great abundance.” 2 Chronicles 31:4-10

Ways to Give

Text Us

Simply text LCWC to 77411 to give from your phone or mobile device.

Online

Give one-time or set up auto payments online to pay with your card or banking info.

Giving Envelopes

You can easily give on-campus any time you are visiting. Grab a giving envelope and drop off at any indoor giving box or our outdoor mail dropbox.


You can also send your gift by mail to:
 LifeChurch West Chester, 8480 Cincinnati Columbus Rd, West Chester, OH 45069

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Monthly Operating Budget: $53,000        
Month-to-Date Tithes & Offerings: $6,792.18    

Missions Giving Goal: $100,000
Missions Pledged to Date: $72,247
2024 Missions Giving to Date: $48,545.50


* as of 12/4/24