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Is there a way that tithing and other offerings can be made through electronic transfer? I rarely use checks and much prefer electronic transfers (they show up sooner and I am less apt to make mistakes in my account).
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Actually, that was a bit of a short and curt answer to a long involved question, but I am sure Therese did not intend to be rude. The answer may be yes, with qualifications. I do know for a fact that the church is set up to receive (and I have the numbers for) direct stock transfers electronically. When a direct transfer of stock, etc. is made to the church, the numbers are not reported to your local bishop, and what you do at tithing settlement is declare a full tithing, even though the local numbers show zero.
But I assume you were asking for what to do with a bank account. Depending on the online banking arrangement you have, it may be that you can set up a payee; since some banks just write out checks and mail them by hand more or less. I'd recommend calling the Church office in Salt Lake and asking if there are direct numbers for routing a payment. Perhaps there are. On this, I do not know.
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It depends on what country you live in. Here I know of at least two stakes that are doing a trial run of electronic payment of offerings. I'm really hoping it turns out well and spreads nationwide because no one here has cheques, and I'm really bad at remembering to get to an ATM on a Saturday night.
Who knows? If it works well here, maybe the idea will spread to America.
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Well if you use your tithing ff miles to take a trip, you just need to make sure you use it as a missionary opportunity Posts: 206 | Registered: Sep 2004
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Actually, you can pay electronically, either through the donation of appreciated securities (as mentioned above) or electronic transfer of funds from a bank account. In either case, you have to set it up directly with Salt Lake
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Actually, if you have electronic bill-pay through your bank, you can send a check to your bishop...when I used Check-Free awhile back I did this. You would then have to fill out the contribution slip to make sure the money went to all the right accounts. Its not quite an electronic transfer, but it does make is simpler and quicker than writing out a check and waiting for it to clear.
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quote:you can send a check to your bishop...when I used Check-Free awhile back I did this. You would then have to fill out the contribution slip to make sure the money went to all the right accounts.
Which means the bishop has to hand it back to you or alert the clerk to look out for your incoming donation slip to accompany the check. One couple in our ward did this for awhile, but it was a lot easier for them to set up direct payment to the church. That's the option we encourage in our ward if anyone asks.
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You're right its not completely streamlined...
Hey Chris...I have a brother who lives in NYC and might be in your ward. Email me and I'll give you the details.
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We are encouraged to pay tithing and offerings. For this purpose the church has provided donation slips that allow us to readily allocate funds to any or each of the various categories, including OTHER in the case we wish to donate to a specific purpose, ie Library Sales, YSA Conference Subscriptions or whatever.
We do live in an age of electronic convenience but as yet, the church has not seen fit to duplicate the broad spectrum of donor opportunies represented in the Donor Slip/Envelope system.
One purpose in the Tithing scheme is to assist each individual to obtain the blessings of being a full tithe payer. Part of the blessing stems from religiously setting aside each pay period that amount to be paid, PRIOR to allocating other funds as the budget may need.
Those who instead make one annual contribution may meet the demands of the tithe doctrine but miss out on many of the blessings that come weekly or fortnightly as the heart percieves God's miraculous Handiwork in our lives.
There is more to Tithing than a financial accounting.
Another point, in a very similar vein, concerns the exactitude with which some people pay - to the exact Cent! I wonder how clearly we recognise, to the cent, the whole gamut of the blessings bestowed upon us by a loving Father, many of which blessings would in fact cost us dearly were we required to pay for them in cash.
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The answer is not no. And it is no sin to pay tithing with non-cash. I don't get what on earth you're talking about. The Lord doesn't care how you pay your offerings except to see that they are paid with a generous and joyful heart.
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