Questions Concerning
Donations
Q:
Do you accept donations and what is the money spent on?
A: Donations are welcome to further the Good News of the coming
Kingdom of Yahweh and His Son, Yahshua the Messiah and King of kings. This is
done at Yahweh’s Assembly in Yahshua (YAIY) via mini-studies, booklets, audio CDs, video DVDs, and
a bi-monthly magazine called the YAIY Beacon. Newsletters such as
the YAIY News, Sister’s For Yah and Kid’s For
Yah are sent out monthly; Websites by the same names have been
built, are being maintained and a new one called, Teens For Yah is on its way.
All of these, along with the New Moon Report website,
are tools to proclaim Yahweh’s Word to keep brethren and co-workers informed. A new Teen Bible Correspondence Course is currently being developed and the Revealing The Truth telecast
is a weekly program that has started to go out to cable stations for
viewing. Some of these local stations have viewers surpassing 600,000.
Donations in the form of monetary offerings and regular tithes also
help pay for equipment, maintenance, heating & electric, not to mention all
the postage and packaging to send out available study materials.
Q: Do your ministers receive salaries?
A: Many “Churches” have salaried ministers. However, none of the
speakers or writers of YAIY receive compensation or funds whatsoever for those
things (such as writings for the Bible Correspondence Courses, YAIY Beacon,
mini-studies, booklets, or any speakers for Sabbath Services or the Revealing
The Truth telecast); this includes all deacons and elders. They all have
regular jobs of their own and even tithe and give regular offerings of their
increase.
In the daily office operations there are only a handful of
workers, none of whom receive salary, but do receive an hourly wage. There are in-house
materials that require skilled pre-press, press, and collating skills. There is
editing done to all media and then dubbing of masters which is a regular
activity at YAIY headquarters. Administrative and secretarial work, such as
ordering, answering phones/letters, and helping in the other areas, is also
done. In all of this, there is no overtime pay, and in fact, many hours are
donated to make sure that the monetary donations (which include regular tithes
and offerings) go to furthering the work.
Q: Can I send a donation using a credit card?
A: It was decided by YAIY's Board of Directors at the outset that
no donations were to be accepted using a credit card. Reasons for doing so is
the cost of time to send each to the appropriate credit card company, postage
to do so, and the percentage charge the credit company charges for each charge
we would accept. This, we feel, would not be using tithes and offerings for
Yahweh's work. Besides, one can easily overuse credit cards and become mired in
debt.
Q: How do I send in a donation, can I send cash?
A: Please do not send cash through the mail, but rather a check or
money order made out to “YAIY.” All donations are tax-deductible and a receipt
is sent upon receiving each donation. A year end statement is sent showing the
total donations received throughout the year. Donations should be sent to:
Yahweh’s Assembly in Yahshua
2963 County Road 233
Kingdom City, Missouri 65262
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