Money is important in the world we live — often inappropriately so. At Forked River PC we are learning about what it means to worship and live for God. We believe that is a holistic pursuit. Because we are human beings who have an economic life, worshiping God includes a progressive and joyful surrender of our financial life to God and God’s purposes in the world.

The Bible teaches more about the issue of money than it does about many other topics. Having a healthy understanding of and relationship to money is critical to live life fully in the way of Jesus. For followers of Jesus giving away 10% of our resources has served as a healthy measurement of our financial life. While this number is not set in stone, and some may choose to give more, we believe the giving away of 10% of what we have control over has served as a starting point for followers of Jesus, taught in the Bible and practiced by Christians throughout history.

As people who follow the God revealed by Jesus Christ, we believe we are called to a life of ever-increasing generosity. In the same way, we believe in responsible stewardship including moving toward a debt-free life, a challenge for most of us.

We provide several different ways that you can participate in our financial life. You can give when you worship with us on Sundays. After the sermon we collect the “offering” as a part of our joyful response to God’s activity in our lives. You can also send your tithe and offerings by mail:

Forked River Presbyterian Church

131 North Main Street

Forked River, NJ 08731

Forked River Presbyterian Church also is a part of Amazon Smile. "AmazonSmile is a simple way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added benefit that Amazon will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to the charitable organization of your choice. You can choose from over one million organizations to support." The steps to support Forked River Presbyterian on AmazonSmile are:

1. If you already have an Amazon account you use to shop go to smile.amazon.com.

2. Sign in to your regular Amazon account using the email and password you regularly use for Amazon (if you are not already logged in when you go to smile.amazon.com)

3. When prompted to choose a charity search for “Forked River Presbyterian Church” the listing will say FRPC is in Louisville KY. This is because our non-profit status is through the PC(USA) which is headquartered in Louisville. This is the listing for our church, and will directly support us financially.

4. Once you have chosen the church it is the charity you support. Now whenever you shop on Amazon do it by going to smile.amazon.com instead of just amazon.com and your purchases will give back to the church.

5. Encourage anyone you know who might want to support us to use this as well.

Online Giving

Forked River Presbyterian is currently working on setting up online giving. Check this space again for updates and to give online once we have the tools ready.