Ways to make a Donation to Forestgate
Automatic Bill Pay
(Recommended) Automatic bill payments are set up through your bank to pay (or donate) on a schedule you define. Visit your bank’s website and search for “Bill Pay.” We recommend this option because it is generally free and can recur on whatever schedule you set. Our legal name and Address is:
Forestgate Presbyterian Church
970 North Gate Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80921
In-Person on Sunday Morning
You can drop cash or checks in our Tithes and Offerings Box in the rear of the Sanctuary. It is secured by the Deacons at the end of service. Envelops for you donation are located above the box.
Online Giving
The “Donate Here” button to the right is a convenient immediate way to give online. You will be taken to a secure giving portal to set up online giving. There is a fee of $0.25 per ACH bank transfer or 2.3% of the total if giving by debit card. We ask that you consider giving above your total to cover these fees.
Contact office@forestgate.org if you have any questions or would like to make a stock donation
Financial Responsibility
We strive for financial transparency, accountability, and proper stewardship with your charitable giving. Our financial team works with our deacons and elder board to ensure that we are responsibly utilizing resources towards the accomplishment of the mission God has given Forestgate. We recognize our fiduciary responsibility to use your gifts according to the particular Forestgate fund you’ve specified. Unspecified gifts are attributed to the operating fund. If you would like more information on the various checks and balances or on our audit process, please contact our church office at office@forestgate.org.
Biblical Generosity
At Forestgate we worship the God who gives in lavish generosity to us His children. Through no merit of our own Christ has given us forgiveness of sin, the comfort of the Holy Spirit, life everlasting, everything we need for life & godliness, and His great & precious promises (2 Peter 1:3ff). Of the bounty and financial blessings God has entrusted to us, he invites us to share in His work through giving.
Our conviction regarding Biblical Generosity is described in the PCA’s Book of Church Order, Chapter 54:
“54-1. The Holy Scriptures teach that God is the owner of all persons and all things and that we are but stewards of both life and possessions; that God’s ownership and our stewardship should be acknowledged; that this acknowledgement should take the form, in part, of giving at least a tithe of our income and other offerings to the work of the Lord through the Church of Jesus Christ, thus worshipping the Lord with our possessions; and that the remainder should be used as becomes Christians.”
If you have questions or would like to discuss this topic further, reach out to one of our Elders for a face-to-face chat.
A Challenge
For many people, it may be a challenge to start giving 10%. It is helpful to have a plan, but mostly to just get started where you can. We encourage you, even if its just your first 1%, to start giving today with a plan to increase that percent monthly, committing before the Lord to grow in your generosity.
Or take a “3-month challenge” and give 10% or a tithe of your income for 3 months.