As stated in our Support the Christian Gamers Alliance thread, the CGA incurs approximately $475 in expenses per year. That includes dedicated server hosting, domain name renewal, and vBulletin license renewal.
Our dedicated server hosting bill will be due April 1, with other bills due before then. I plan to look over CGA's financial accounts and post more details soon.
Having spent several years in churches in the Midwest US, I have come to deplore the "rattling of the tin cup." I won't tell you that your donation will be returned to you "30, 60, or 100-fold" because I have no idea how or if God will bless you financially for donating to our ministry. That's up to Him, not me.
If you believe in the mission of the Christian Gamers Alliance and think we have a pretty good thing going on here, then I ask that you consider donating a small amount to help us keep the lights on.
With as many active members as we have on our forums, it shouldn't be difficult to raise just $472 and change if people chip in $5 or $10 here and there.
On a related note: If you attend a local church, please tithe to that church before donating funds to the Christian Gamers Alliance. Local churches have far bigger bills than we do.
As President of the CGA, I don't consider the organization a church, but instead a ministry. If you want to call your donation anything other than a "donation," I suppose you could call it an "offering."
And, of course, if you're in a position where you can't afford to donate money, don't feel guilty about it. There's plenty of other ways to help out, including volunteering for staff positions.
Thanks for reading through this once-a-year message.
EDIT: Reader's Digest version: We need to raise about $475 before April 1 to keep the site online. It shouldn't be hard to do.
Our dedicated server hosting bill will be due April 1, with other bills due before then. I plan to look over CGA's financial accounts and post more details soon.
Having spent several years in churches in the Midwest US, I have come to deplore the "rattling of the tin cup." I won't tell you that your donation will be returned to you "30, 60, or 100-fold" because I have no idea how or if God will bless you financially for donating to our ministry. That's up to Him, not me.
If you believe in the mission of the Christian Gamers Alliance and think we have a pretty good thing going on here, then I ask that you consider donating a small amount to help us keep the lights on.
With as many active members as we have on our forums, it shouldn't be difficult to raise just $472 and change if people chip in $5 or $10 here and there.
On a related note: If you attend a local church, please tithe to that church before donating funds to the Christian Gamers Alliance. Local churches have far bigger bills than we do.
As President of the CGA, I don't consider the organization a church, but instead a ministry. If you want to call your donation anything other than a "donation," I suppose you could call it an "offering."
And, of course, if you're in a position where you can't afford to donate money, don't feel guilty about it. There's plenty of other ways to help out, including volunteering for staff positions.
Thanks for reading through this once-a-year message.
EDIT: Reader's Digest version: We need to raise about $475 before April 1 to keep the site online. It shouldn't be hard to do.
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