Nothing the Church offers has a fee: not a sacrament, not preparation, not a record, not a group, not an answer to a question. Giving to an affirming church keeps it that way for the next person who arrives with nothing. A gift buys you nothing and is never a condition of care.
On what a gift does and does not do
A gift buys nothing. It confers no standing, no priority, no access to a cleric, and no influence over a sacrament, a group, or a decision of the Chancery. Whether you have given is not visible to anyone handling your pastoral request, because the two are kept in different hands on purpose.
Gifts hold up the ordinary machinery: the servers that publish worship every day, the liturgical books, the bound registers and the ink, the safeguarding checks where a role requires one, and the direct assistance this ministry gives to people in immediate need.
Giving to an affirming church that charges nobody means the giving has to carry what the fees would have carried elsewhere. There is no pew rent here, no stole fee, no charge for a certificate, and no tier of membership that money opens.
Money questions and pastoral requests are handled through separate channels, kept apart deliberately so nobody is ever answered differently because of what they gave.
“This poor widow hath cast in more than all they who have cast into the treasury.”
Mark 12:43
Any amount, once or monthly. If money is tight, close this page without a second thought and ask for what you need instead — that is the correct use of this church.
Any amount, one time. It goes to the general fund, which is what pays for the things nobody writes a grant for.
Give now →02A standing gift. Monthly giving is what lets the Chancery answer a request in March without checking the balance first.
Become a supporter →03Restricted. It moves people out of states that have made their lives unlivable, and it is spent on deposits, trucks, and gas.
Fund a move →Giving buys nothing. No sacrament, no group, and no pastoral care has ever depended on it, and none ever will. If money is tight, close this page and ask for what you need instead — that is the correct use of this church.
Faith in Bloom is a ministry of Bloom Ministries, a nonprofit organization tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. EIN 39-4922713 · Salem, Oregon. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Send an intention, or carry one of the church’s. Nothing is published and nothing is asked in return.
Send an intention → IIFormation for support group leaders, with real gates and no fee. Time given is worth more than money here.
See the training → IIIIf you are the one who needs help, this is the door. Receiving is not the opposite of contributing.
Request assistance →If you have it, a gift keeps the next arrival free of charge. If you do not, ask for what you need and let someone else carry the cost this month.
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