When discerning how to designate your tithes and offerings, give to the Operating Fund in a way that reflects what the Church means to you. Add an additional annual pledge to Benevolence to help us meet basic needs in the community, and then to Communications to cover non-recurring communication-related ministry expenses.
You can adjust your pledge at any time during the year by contacting the main office.
Operating Fund (required)
Active membership status requires an annual pledge to the operating fund.
This is the Fund that makes everything else possible. We ask this be your primary financial commitment in covenant with Mayflower. Often, we think of this fund as just bills and payroll, but in fact the Operating Fund ensures that the missions and ministries of Mayflower have a home base--a gathering place from which the Beloved Community goes out to do good in the world. It doesn’t just provide a worship space. It puts a roof over our mission work, sheltering multiple support, grief, and recovery groups. It means that Early Foundations and the Oklahoma Autism Center pays less than market rate for space to nurture children with autism and support their families. It provides a place for Mobile Meals and 363 to store food and supplies. Finally, the Operating Fund is the financial foundation for all of our church boards. The work and ministry of Mayflower Church depends on a commitment by all members to support the Operating Fund.
Benevolence Fund
Mayflower is unique in the design and operation of its Benevolence giving. Most churches put all their funds in one account, and then spend what is left over for missions after all the bills are paid. We give our members the opportunity to give money for benevolence purposes that cannot be spent for any other purpose. The result is more dollars contributed to help those in need. Our ultimate objective is to spend as much helping others as we spend keeping house.
Communications Fund
Support given to the Communications Fund covers non-recurring communication-related ministry expenses.
