To the Brethren
Oxford, 20 January 2024
Dear Brethren, The Peace of God. Amen.
OFFERS VIA BANK CARD
Currently, the Christian Congregation in the United Kingdom offers two methods for contributing to our collections. Those who feel to give currently can give either via cash offerings in the collection boxes at our houses of prayer, or alternatively, they can make an online bank transfer.
In an effort to give the brethren additional options for contributing to the collections, and to improve our administrative procedures and efficiency, the Ministry and Administration will be implementing debit card machines in the houses of prayers. Please note that all offers made using debit cards will be entirely anonymous, as is our custom.
All of the other funding methods will continue to be available, including cash offerings in collection boxes and bank transfers. We encourage those who are already using bank transfers to continue to do so.
Due to factory settings, the card machines provide predetermined offering values that, unfortunately, we cannot change. As such, these pre-configured options are not obligatory, but rather a system setting within the software, which we cannot alter. There is an option to make an offering of a customized value that the brother or sister decides upon, thus respecting the wishes of each individual when contributing to collections.
We will initially implement the card machines in a few select locations and gradually roll this out to other houses of prayer in the near future.
Your brothers in Christ,
The Council of Elders in the United Kingdom and Administrative Committee