Financial Policy

Financial Board

The area of finance within the Kingdom of God is very important. There has been much abuse of money in the name of the Gospel resulting in the discrediting of the work of ministry as manifested through local churches and so-called ‘para-church ministries’.
Therefore, much attention will be paid to this subject so that all who come into contact with this ministry will be left in no doubt of our financial philosophy and practise.

The tithe

The practise of tithing did not originate in the Mosaic Law nor was it peculiar to natural Israel (Genesis 14:18-20). Centuries before the Law of Moses Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils of war to Melchizedek the king and high priest of Salem. In so doing, Abraham confessed that God was His Lord, the possessor of heaven and earth, and the Giver of victory.

Tithing is the cornerstone of Biblical prosperity. It is not pushing the point to far to say that God’s financial blessings are for the tither exclusively.

The Book of Hebrews, a New Testament book, clearly reveals tithing to be a New Testament concept. Old Testament tithing was a mere shadow of what was to come in the age of the New Covenant. In the Old Covenant, the high priest received the tithe. He was a mere shadow of our Great High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ. When the New Covenant believer brings his or her tithe, they are presenting it to the High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Therefore, as Melchizedek received Abraham’s tithe so Jesus Himself receives the tithe of the New Testament believer (Hebrews 7:1-10).