Tithes, offerings and money:

Tithes, offerings and money:

This is probably one of the most spoken about topics in the institutional church today, but still very few people understand this. I suppose the biggest reason for preachers going on about money is for the sake of job security. For him and his family and also the staff at the institutional church. I hope Kenny will do a message on this topic one day, to explain the reason why tithing in the new testament church is not biblical and also belongs to replacement theology.

The goal of this exposé is not to talk about the reasons for tithing being unbiblical, but rather to explain how we (as a ministry) handle money ourselves. We believe in giving, with an open and rejoicing heart according to your own conscience and the leading of the Holy Spirit.

For as long as what I can remember, Gottalife was never sustained by the ongoing giving of believers. There were times where certain friends of the ministry felt led by the Holy Spirit to give to us, but these occurrences were few and far between. For the most part, I would say over 90% of our income has come through opportunities that resulted from divine appointments in the marketplace. We would get management contracts through Kenny’s gifting and anointing in the area of business. That would mean that we would have to do secular work to bring in money. The Lord normally brought in opportunities through this to minister to key people in these various organizations. At the very least, our handling of the finances of different organizations showed our integrity and trustworthiness in these areas. Millions of dollars have gone through Gottalife, without us taking a cent that did not belong to us. And the money that did belong to us? Well, the majority of it ended up being sowed back into the ministry, either for running costs for our servers and radio network, or to build on our existing platforms to reach more people with the gospel.

As you can see, we do things a little different from other ministries and organizations. We believe our lives belong to God completely, so whether we give with finances, or we give with our time or we sacrifice things so that God’s word can go forth, we do it because we love Him and want to be a part of what God is busy doing at this time. We trust Him fully; He has always come through with our needs. Even in the months when no money came in, we still continued to do what we do. We will not let money (or the lack of it) dictate to us what we do, but rather the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Our attitude has always been to give freely as much as what is possible. “Freely you have received, freely give.” Our goal is not to use the gospel for gain, but to invest ourselves into people so that they can realize their full calling and potential in the Lord, and in the body of Christ.

Frankie

Gottalife Team

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GottaLife has been a great blessing to me from God. It is a blessing to me to be able to support what you and your wife are doing, and know that I am contributing to God's work and therefore to the other people to whom you are ministering through your radio and other ministries.