In short, Welcome Home is a two-year transformational journey that enables us to make a place for more people to discover Jesus through the renovation of our new, permanent home. Through discipleship in generosity, we believe we can see the TFHSF family raise $14 million over the next two years to accomplish this goal debt-free. This will position us to use every future dollar that would have been spent on loan repayment to build the Kingdom of Jesus through missions, outreach, church-planting, benevolence, and generosity.

We are deeply focused on everyone at TFHSF seeing their giving as an integral part of the transformational process. Our first priority is 100% participation in the process. Even if someone wrote us a check today for the full $14 million, we would still make this our emphasis. Whether you are just starting in your giving journey or you are a very committed giver, we all have a next step to take and room to grow in this area.

We have all been there, where we came to Jesus and had to be challenged to grow into being a generous Christian. The apostle Paul exhorted Pastor Timothy to “encourage” his people to be generous and not be delinquent in doing that. So those who have not participated in giving much, or at all, take the plunge; start creating and expanding your generosity story. We encourage you to use the Welcome Home journey as your “test” to see how faithful God is in return. Place your treasure into TFHSF and your heart will follow, your faith will expand, your trust in God will grow, and your DECLARATION that God is FIRST will deepen. Ephesians 3:20-21 says, “He will do exceedingly abundantly above and beyond all that we can ask, think or imagine.” That blessing can be a full range of blessings, yet it can be a financial return to you, but for many, they testify to blessings that are far greater than just a financial return, including breakthroughs in relationships, health, vocations, attitudes, habits, hang-ups, healings, etc. That’s the transformation story that you are creating for you and your family. Paul, in Philippians 4:17, gave his motivation for why he exhorted generosity so much to the New Testament churches, “I am not trying to get something from you, but I want you to receive the blessings that comes from giving.” That’s our motivation as well, to see YOU blessed, even as we BUILD the Kingdom together in our region.

First and foremost, you pray and seek God's direction on what He is asking of you. Prepare your heart to hear Him and then listen to what He says; engage in personal reflection with God. Recognize that this may involve a struggle as you sense God’s call to rearrange life priorities, spending habits, and give from stored resources. Expect your commitment to grow over time from token, to generous, to sacrificial generosity. Follow His leading, and prepare to be amazed, because we serve an awesome God and He is going to move in huge ways.

As you consider your financial commitment over the next two years, factor in the following:

• It is over and above your current giving for two years.

• It is discerned by prayer.

• It is not equal giving, but equal sacrifice.

• It is planned from income, altered spending, income generation, and stored resources.

It recognizes that we all have different financial capacities, meaning we cannot use a fair share approach to giving. The goal is for everyone sacrificing. From the smallest gift to the largest, every person can say, "This gift is sacrificial for me".

A simple definition is: giving up something I want, something I need, or something that represents security. Basically, it is deciding upon what I can give up, do without, postpone, or alter in order to give to TFHSF over the next two years.

Absolutely. King David said, "I will not present burnt offerings to the Lord my God that have cost me nothing". The essence of sacrifice is that it costs us something. This type of giving demonstrates our reliance and faith in Him.