Ways to Give

“Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”  2 Cor. 9:7 (NIV)

We believe that each one of us who has accepted the free gift of salvation that God gave us through his son Jesus, should give to the work of the church so that it can continue to reach people with the Good News of Jesus Christ locally, as well as nationally and internationally.  We encourage every member of Arapaho Road to ask God what He wants to do through them to accomplish His mission.  We are also asking our members to consider giving over and above their tithes to our building fund which is used to pay off our building debt so that we can free up dollars to use for missions, ministers and ministries.

Arapaho Road Baptist Church currently accepts tithes and offerings by cash or check.  These can be given by placing the offering in our offering plates during the the services, by bringing your offering to the church office during office hours, or by mailing a check to the church at 2256 Arapaho Road, Garland, TX 75044.

If you wish to give online, we encourage you use your bank's online bill pay service.  Most banks also allow you to set up recurring payments.  Please use the memo field to enter the amount you want to give to your regular tithe, freedom, or special offering.  Use your envelope number as the account number or leave it blank if you don't have an envelope number.  Your online banking service will also need the church address and phone number listed below.

Records of your contributions are kept confidential and a yearly summary for your taxes is provided in January of each year.  If you have any questions, please contact the financial secretary in the church office at 972-495-2223.

Where does your offering go?

Much of your offering goes to the various ministries and costs of operating our local church campus.  It's a reality that it costs money to turn on the lights, keep the temperature comfortable, pay the mortgage on our buildings, maintain the buildings, purchase Bible Fellowship materials, pay for postage and printing, pay the salaries of our church staff, etc., but Arapaho Road Baptist Church takes very seriously it's accountability to God to use as much of your offerings as possible to fulfill it's purpose to REACH non-believers, CONNECT them with other Christians, help them GROW in their faith, challenge them to DISCOVER their ministry and HONOR God with their life by participating in and supporting missions. 

Mission Giving

As a cooperating Southern Baptist Church, a percentage of all of Arapaho Road general funds (undesignated gifts) are sent to the Dallas Baptist Association for local missions and to the “Cooperative Program” through the Baptist General Convention of Texas as a plan for distribution of funds to joint mission causes around the world. These ministries include but are not limited to foreign missions, local missions, hospitals, orphanages and seminaries in Texas and around the world.

Here is a simple chart that reflects how your contribution helps with missions:

What other Special Mission Offerings do we take each year?

• Lottie Moon “Christmas Offering” for Foreign Missions – Born Charlotte Diggs Moon December 12, 1840, in Albemarle County, VA. Lottie served 39 years as a missionary, mostly in China’s Shantung province. In 1918, Woman’s Missionary Union named the annual Christmas offering for international missions after the women who had urged them to start it. 100 percent of the offering is used in the overseas budget to support missionaries and their ministries. There are 5,238 missionaries on the foreign mission field as of June 8, 2005.
   

• Annie Armstrong “Easter Offering” for Home Missions - Each year, we honor the life and work of Annie Walker Armstrong (1850-1938) when we give to the annual offering for home missions named after her. The reason we give is to help our missionary force reach for Christ an estimated 244 million lost people in the United States and Canada; that's three of four people. There are 5,364 North American missionaries.
   

• Mary Hill Davis Texas State Missions Offering - Mary Hill Davis, advocate of Baptist missions and denominational leader, was born in Greenville, Georgia, around 1860. Understanding that missions is what believers do to reach beyond the needs of their congregations to witness and minister for the purpose of fulfilling the Great Commission, WMU of Texas designed this offering to be the cutting edge of Texas Baptist missionary thrust. Therefore, the WMU of Texas undergirds the ever-widening frontiers of Texas missions opportunities through the Baptist General Convention of Texas.