HOW TO GIVE AT ST. MARK
GIVE ONLINE | CLICK HERE
It's secure, it's simple, and it ensures consistent giving.
St. Mark can receive gifts online by credit card or by withdrawal from your bank account. Likewise, you can choose to give a one-time gift or to establish a recurring gift at an interval of your choosing. To give online, click here and follow the simple instructions. An online account is required. This enables us to send you an end-of-year tax receipt and allows you to manage and monitor your giving.
Established online givers: We are changing our giving platform. To access the previous system (Realm), click here.
GIVE ON YOUR PHONE
Text any dollar amount to 84321.
This option will direct you to a secure, web-based form. A one-time account setup is required. This enables us to send you an end-of-year tax receipt and allows you to manage and monitor your giving.
GIVE IN PERSON
Bring cash or check to any of our Sunday services.
You can drop your gift in the offering basket, using the envelope provided in the back of each pew. Please be sure to include your full name and address on your envelope or check.
GIVE BY MAIL
Mail a check to St. Mark Houston at 1515 Hillendahl, Houston, Texas 77055.
Make out your gift to “St. Mark Houston". If you wish to give to a specific fund, please make a note on the memo line.
For questions about your gift, please contact Susan DePue: sdepue@stmarkhouston.org
BEHIND THE GIFT
WHY CHRISTIANS GIVE
First, it must be said that Christians believe everything is owned by God in the first place, and we are simply managers of his resources, called to direct them toward that which aligns with his will. (Psalm 24:1)
Secondly, Christians trust that God has generously given us His son, Jesus, and through Him has already met our deepest needs.
In light of these truths Jesus himself makes it clear to his followers that spirituality and generosity are inseparable. (Luke 6:38)
Likewise God has ordered the world in such a way that He works through the sacrifice and generosity of His people to meet the needs of others and, in particular, to fuel the mission of His church.
When such spiritually connected generosity gets lived out the end results are beautiful. Entire communities are blessed, the local church is well equipped, and the Christian giver glorifies God who delights in our willingness to give toward the needs of others and to depend deeply upon Him. (2 Cor. 9-7; Malachi 3:10)
WHAT CHRISTIANS GIVE
For thousands of years Christians have talked about two ways to give within the local church. The first is a "tithe" and the other is an "offering."
TITHE is an ancient word which simply means, "tenth" reflecting the belief that giving should be proportionate to what God has entrusted us with, that it should be planned, and that it should be offered consistently. At St. Mark we encourage households to grow into the "90/10" principle, living off of 90% of what God has entrusted to you and tithing back 10% toward the life of the local church.
OFFERINGS are gifts given specifically, over-and-above a tithe, to special projects or endeavors. An example of an offering would be a gift given to a local charity as an expression of your faith, or an over-and-above gift designated for a special campaign or new ministry effort at St. Mark.