Giving options

Contribute during the weekend services by cash or check. If you are making a cash offering and would like to receive a year-end giving receipt for tax purposes, please be sure to include your information on the giving envelope available in the pews.

Drop a Check in the Mail or Stop by the Office at 9950 W Ustick Rd, Boise ID 83704.

Church Center Giving: Download the Church Center App to your Device.

Then set yourself up as a new user the first time you give. In the future, you can set up recurring payments. You will also be offered the option of helping pay the Credit/Debit/ACH fees the church incurs with every gift.

Online Banking with Bill Pay: Most banks offer online banking with bill pay. If yours does, you can set up a bill pay account to pay FCBC Boise.

Giving cannot be separated from worship. If we boil worship down to its simplest form we can say that worship is the act of treasuring God as valuable in our heart. The outer forms of worship are nothing more than the expressions of that heart that treasures God. That is why the Bible is so insistent that all of life is worship. We want our love for Christ to flow out into every area of life, including our finances. We invest in things that are valuable to us. That is why God is not honored in our giving unless we value Him! The degree to which we value Christ is the degree to which our giving gives him glory. No value, no good! God wants us to give willingly, because we see Christ as valuable.

For us, we have chosen to not pass an offering plate as this might create pressure for some to give. Offering boxes are in the back for those who want to give. We want giving to be premeditated, discussed and a deliberate part of one’s relationship with Jesus.  We don’t want to make giving the main thing you see on our web page or the main thing we talk about or the main thing we track or the main thing we think about. Why? Because where your treasure is there will your heart be also. That being fully affirmed, money is a tool just like time or talent or physical assets. We need money to do ministry and God wants us to give generously, consistently and sacrificially (ie. it hurts a bit).

Stewardship starts with the idea that nothing we have is our own and everything we have can be used for God. Almost anything can be a ministry tool – chairs, facilities, technology, food, park rental, cars, camps, etc. As a church we try to run lean and efficient while still meeting the needs of people in our body. We try to avoid monthly fees when possible and be smart. We try our best to be financially conservative in how we approach money but never want to stockpile or avoid risk entirely. Practically, this means that we always hold back 3 months of operating budget. We also try to save a year’s worth of a new pastor’s income before hiring, and we pay very close attention to giving and debt ratios. Please pray that God gives us wisdom and protects us from unwise choices!

Every business exists to make money. The church, however, exists to worship Jesus Christ. And because it has such a fundamentally different purpose it ought to have a fundamentally differently feel. We aren’t here to sell you things. We are here to tell you about Jesus Christ who wants to give you things (his gospel, his grace, his mercy). Because of this desire to make Jesus central, we tend to avoid fundraisers, garage sales, and marketing.

Jesus says in John 13:35, “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” The Benevolence fund is a special fund that we collect once a month for people in our body who are in need. We really do want to help. If you call FCBC your home and you need financial help, please ask!

Once a year we have an annual report which spells out giving/spending for the current year and our next year’s anticipated budget. We have a robust system of checks and balances where check writers cannot also be check signers, money counting must be done in pairs, and deposits are verified. All receipts are seen by multiple eyes and all budget decisions are made by teams of qualified men and women. We welcome inquiry and encourage it!

We make this a significant part of our budget. Eleven percent (11%) of our general giving goes toward supporting world missions. We believe we ought to sacrifice for other ministries in the same way that others sacrifice to support the ministry of FCBC.