We believe in the biblical principles of tithing and generosity
The tithe – or the giving of the first tenth of our income and financial increase to the local church – is a good minimum benchmark for Christian giving. Through the tithe we put God first in our lives and acknowledge that He is our source. Not only is the tithe a means that God has ordained to ensure that there is provision for the church's work, the tithe – when coupled with genuine pursuit of God - is also a pathway to blessing for the individual Christian.
Generosity - or offerings - is about giving beyond the tithe or into specific appeals or causes in and beyond the local church. Jesus said in Acts 20:35 that “it is more blessed to give than to receive”; Proverbs 11:25 also says that “a generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed”.
In terms of our day-to-day needs and practically moving the mission forward, we are entirely reliant on God's goodness and the generosity of those who consider One Church their home. If you want to learn more about giving and financial stewardship, please click here.
GIFT AID
If you are a UK Tax Payer, for every £1 you give, we can get an extra 25p from the Inland Revenue, helping your donation go further. For example, this means that £100 can be turned into £125 just so long as donations are made through Gift Aid.
No extra cost to you — yet your giving increases significantly
No minimum amount — tax is reclaimable on all Gift Aided donations
No minimum period of commitment — one declaration can last indefinitely, yet can be cancelled immediately should your circumstances change
Please download our Gift Aid Declaration form by clicking here and send or hand in the completed form to us (for one-off transactions online, you will be given an electronic option to Gift Aid your gift)
GIVING ONLINE BY CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD
A quick, easy and secure way to support the church financially is through online giving. Just click here and it will take you to a secure payment site hosted by Elim through which you can donate to One Church
GIVING BY BANK TRANSFER
If you would like to make a single donation, you can make a bank transfer using the following details:
Account Name: EFGA Norwich One Church
Account Number: 24935468
Sort Code: 60-05-16
GIVING BY SMARTPHONE
To give to One Church via your smartphone, you can text CN090 to 64647 and you will be sent a payment link. Text messages are charged according to your network provider's standard rate
GIVING BY STANDING ORDER
A standing order is an instruction to your bank to give a set amount each month. If you would like to give regularly to the work of One Church, please download and complete our Standing Order Form and post on to your bank by clicking here. Alternatively, if you have online or telephone banking, you can set up the standing order very quickly using the following details:
Account Name: EFGA Norwich One Church
Account Number: 24935468
Sort Code: 60-05-16
CHEQUES
If you would like to send a cheque to One Church please send your cheques to
One Church
Norwich Elim Church, Norwich, NR2 2RH
Elim reaches out to help the people of Ukraine
(updated 21/06/2022)
Several months on, this is how the movement is helping displaced families.
Emergency appeal
Elim has raised more than £300,000 through its ERA: European Conflict emergency appeal. The funds are being used to support people affected by the conflict in partnership with Samaritan’s Purse and Elim missionaries.
Samaritan’s Purse is focusing the crisis response in Ukraine and Moldova – providing healthcare through emergency field hospitals, a medical stabilisation clinic at a train station in Ukraine and a mobile medical unit at Minage stadium in Moldova.
It is also distributing food and hygiene kits and setting up showers and latrines.
Welcoming displaced families
As millions of displaced Ukrainian families search for safe new communities, the Elim Refugee Network is helping churches and individuals respond to this need.
“The network is sharing resources, ideas and experience, and showing people how to welcome refugees into their homes and connecting them to organisations that can help them find somebody to host,” says Malcolm Duncan, who is helping to coordinate the response.
One church that has welcomed a Ukrainian family into their area is Ballymena Elim. Together with Malcolm, who has provided accommodation and helped secure visas, they are helping Elim Global’s leader in Ukraine Pastor Viktor Karplyuk and six members of his family settle into Northern Ireland.
“Ballymena Elim were quickly mobilised to pray not only for Pastor Viktor but for families and friends who remained in Ukraine,” says Bobbie Tinnion, who is helping support the family.
The church has also helped them buy essentials and organised buddies in the congregation who can support them.
Hosting partnerships
Elim is registered as a super sponsor – to provide people fleeing Ukraine with temporary accommodation while they seek longer-term homes.
To support those hosting refugee families, Elim is partnering with Welcome Churches. “They work with more than 790 churches in the UK helping them and their response to refugees,” explains Malcolm.
Welcome Churches provides information in Ukrainian, Russian and English for people arriving in the UK to help them settle into communities. Its support includes connecting them with vital services such as GPs, schools and churches.
Frontline relief work
Elim pastors and members have been providing humanitarian aid and support to Ukrainian refuges in Europe.
Brighton Elim pastor Christy Smith and his wife Linda travelled to Poland to help one Elim partner and family who had fled Ukraine. They also provided aid to refugees.
In March, Christy returned to Poland to help with trauma counselling for people crossing the border.
Meanwhile, at Nantwich Elim, pastor Michelle Nunn tells how five church members worked with Operation Blessing to supply essential items at the Polish border.
“They left our time of prayer one evening and knew they had to do something,” Michelle says.
Church member Nicky Spratt coordinated donations, including nappies, biscuits, sleeping bags, PPE from a local nursing home and £18,500 of products from Unilever to be ferried to Poland in three company vans.
Just one day after the team delivered the aid, it was already being handed out to refugees by Operation Blessing.
Advocacy
Elim is actively involved in advocacy to support refugee families.
“We’re engaging with national and regional governments to make sure asylum seekers have all the help they need,” says Malcolm, who is leading this work.
“We want to ensure their children are supported, that they’re put into communities where they can find friendships and aren’t left isolated.
“We’re also advocating for the process of application to be as straightforward as possible, with bureaucracy kept to a minimum and security observed.”
Citychurch aid mission in Poland
In March, Elim’s Citychurch in Cologne worked with other churches, including Polish church KDM, and AVC Germany (Action for Persecuted Christians and People in Need) to receive refugees arriving at the Polish-Ukrainian border and transport them to various destinations in Poland.
“Especially in the first weeks there was a particular need to offer orientation and security to people arriving at the border through a reliable onward journey,” says pastor Dominic John.
“With the AVC and Kirche im Pott, as well as other churches from all over Germany, Citychurch sent more than 20 volunteer drivers to the Polish-Ukrainian border.
“Our focus is now helping refugee families arriving in our region find accommodation.”
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