It has been exciting and a bit frightening to see how this church plant is becoming more real. I trust that our great Lord has some wonderful plans for us. I recently listened to a song by casting crowns where there was a line that said, “How refreshing to know you don’t need me, how amazing to find that you want me”. What an honor it is to play for Him!!
The time has come where the church plant is going to incur expenses and will need our tithing and offerings to help sustain and expand this vision. We have talked about the process of formalizing and becoming a non-profit organization but that will take some more time and effort. In the meantime, Pastor Matt has allowed us to use his church as a mode of transfer of payments. This will allow us to receive a tax deduction for the amount that we give.
Checks can be made out to ‘Edgeworth Church’ with either ‘Philly church plant’ or ‘Ajay Thomas’ on the memo line. The mailing address is; 238 Highland Avenue, Malden, MA 02148.
It would probably be a good time to begin discussions on how finances will look for at least the next 2-3 years. This is especially the case since we have to state our financial projections on the IRS forms for approval of non-profit status.
On a separate note, thanks for remembering my mom in prayer. Please continue to do so as we are going to find out how far it has spread and begin treatment over the next two weeks. Pray that she remains strong.
by Ajay Thomas
Ajay lives in Philadelphia with his wife Shainu and their kids Hannah and Micah. He is responsible for preaching and vision as a pastor at Seven Mile Road.