Today we are excited to launch Seed Offering 2015. Our annual Seed Offering is all about missions and church planting. This year our theme is “Reaching The Nations, Expanding The Kingdom, and Building The Future” as we believe together to sow more than $300,000 into reaching unreached people both locally and globally. While your regular tithe funds the ongoing operating budget of our church, the Seed Offering is an exciting opportunity for all of us to give sacrificially beyond the tithe and to help pioneer the frontiers of His Kingdom. So let’s all pray about our part to play. Let’s be generous like never before. And let’s not forget that, “The world of the generous gets larger and larger” (Proverbs 11:42 MSG).
REACHING THE NATIONS
SWAZILAND
Our partnership with Children’s Cup continues to grow and exciting new possibilities have emerged in Manzini, the largest city in Swaziland. With the help of Children’s Cup and our missionaries on the ground we hope to establish a community center in the heart of the city this coming year. It’ll be a lighthouse for hurting people and will provide much-needed practical aid, youth programs, skills training and perhaps even a church.
INDIA
With 1.3 billion souls, India represents one of the largest mission fields for the gospel on earth. In partnership with Vision Rescue and their network of 3,000 churches across the nation we will help train leaders to reach the fast-growing cities of India, fund some new urban church plants and send our first Liberty missions team to Mumbai and Kolkata to serve alongside these incredible people as our partnership continues to grow.
HONDURAS
As we partner with Children’s Cup’s new work in Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. We hope to help them establish a Care Point outside the city in an urban slum where a successful feeding point is now ready to offer more holistic care to some of the most needy children in the area. We will also send a missions team in spring 2016 to help take these new initiatives forward.
PAKISTAN & CAMBODIA
Even as we continue to develop our existing international partnerships, we will also be supporting church planters and missionaries for the first time in Cambodia and Pakistan this year.
EXPANDING THE KINGDOM
LIBERTY CHURCH UPPER WEST SIDE & FUTURE CHURCH PLANTING
On January 31, 2016, Liberty Church will be launching an Upper West Side community. Part of this year’s Seed Offering will be invested into the Upper West Side, as well as setting aside funds for the next Liberty Church plant after that, wherever and whenever that might be.
URBAN CHURCH PLANTERS SUMMIT
Planting churches in large cities has unique challenges. So we want to help equip those called to expand God’s Kingdom in global cities by hosting a free two-day Urban Church Planters Summit in 2016 in New York City.
GROUNDSWELL
We have a vision for the neighborhoods of New York City. In December we are launching Groundswell, a community transformation initiative, to see God’s Kingdom come and His will be done in your neighborhood as it is heaven. Through Groundswell we will serve and invest into three New York City neighborhoods chosen by you. That could mean starting new Community Groups, Liberty City outreach initiatives, pop-up church services, community partnerships and more. You can vote now for the neighborhood you would like us to serve together in 2016.
BUILDING THE FUTURE
OWNERSHIP FUND
We continue to sow in faith and ready ourselves for opportunities to purchase permanent facilities in NYC in the future. We’re called “to be the head and not the tail” and to leave a legacy for the generations to impact our city for the gospel.
MISSIONS & COMMUNITY OUTREACH
People are our greatest assets. In 2016 we want to invest greater leadership into the work of Liberty Foundation and Liberty City by hiring a director who will move our local and global outreach vision forward.
Please continue to pray about your part to play in this year’s Seed Offering.
HOW TO GIVE
Liberty Church is a registered 501(c)(3) charity and all giving is tax deductible. There are four ways to give toward this year’s Seed Offering.
1. IN SERVICE: You can give using the Seed Offering envelope at any Liberty Church service.
2. ONLINE: You can give online at LibertyChurchNYC.com/giving and choose “Seed Offering” on the drop down menu.
3. TEXT: You can text the dollar amount and the word SEED to 646-350-0705. (Example: Text “500 Seed” to make a donation of $500.) 4. MAIL: Or you can mail checks made out to “Liberty Church” to PO Box 672 New York, New York 10012.
* Please note, all donations must be post marked or received by December 31 in order to receive a 2015 tax receipt.
MATCHING DONATIONS
Many corporations will match donations made by employees to 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.
Email [email protected] so we can help you determine if your workplace will match your Seed Offering donation.
