CHRISTIAN FUNDRAISING

Dear visitor,
In the correspondence below which occurred between Holiness.com and a visitor, the approach that Holiness.com takes in funding its endeavors is touched upon. This page is by no means a reproach upon honorable non-profit organizations who survive by donations. This page has, however, provided an opportunity to touch upon strategies that Holiness.com does (& does not) utilize in securing financial resources.

What follows is the correspondence between Holiness.com and a visitor; but, before we proceed I would like to take this opportunity to offer a gigantically big

"GOD BLESS YOU!!" AND "MANY, MANY THANKS!!!"

to all of you who have encouraged Holiness.com to go forward and have stood with us financially by purchasing one of our products. Whether you bought an auto mug, T-shirt, tote-bag, golf shirt, or etc. Holiness.com THANKS YOU FROM OUR HEARTS!

Dear Sister XXXXXXX,

I would like to respond to your previous comments where you wrote:


     Hi Just a brother,
     Just read your article on gambling and I could just shout with
     happiness when you tell us like it is. particularly when you
     talked about the church. You would never believe the things I
     get in the mail trying to get the people to match a certain
     amount so some anonymous person will give the same.

     There is something else that bothers me.
     I like to give money to good causes, but every time I do, for
     the rest of the year I get loads of mail every day asking for
     more.  I think they tell everybody else about it. I get so
     much that I'm sorry I gave to anyone, and I notice that the
     ones that keep asking week after week are Christain "
     families" I give to the Red Cross they sent a note of thanks
     and thats the last I heard from them. Now I want to feed the
     hungry and help the sick and do what Jesus has told us to do
     but, sometimes  they make me feel so pressured because
     sometimes I give beyond my means and get into trouble, then I
     get upset with the people and blame them instead of myself
     like I should.
     I know my spelling was terrible the last time I wrote but,
     sometime I get so sick of things I don't care. I think I was
     born before my time.
                               
                                XXXXXXX

[RESPONSE FROM HOLINESS.COM FOLLOWS]

Believe me when I say that I understand your concern at feeling
pressured by ministries to give to the point where you get into
financial trouble. Yes, God sometimes asks us to give beyond human
reason. However, on occasion, I believe that ministries are using
extreme forms of psychological manipulation to induce Christians to give
money. I heard a case of a woman who had a husband that was deathly ill.
As this woman continued to send her money to this ministry, the ministry
continued to mail her prophecies that the husband would not die, but
recover from the illness. Well, to make a long story short, this dear lady's husband died; yet, the ministry continued to prophecy via US mail that the husband would not die, but recover and live (even though he was already dead!).

Let me say right here, that Holiness.com does not use its lists of visitors to solicit offerings. Neither do we have any plans to solicit (ask for) monetary contributions in the future, or to sell our lists of names to individuals who do solicit donations of money. 

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