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In what circumstances can Christians give or receive funds from
other religious organisations?


Christians can give to, or receive funds from, other religious organisations, where such gifts are clearly designated for services that promote the general welfare of humankind. God the Creator has provided resources, including money, to be used to bless His world.  In Christian love and liberty, we may use these resources to benefit others. 


Christians, however, should not give to funds that directly promote the cause of other religions (e.g. building of temples or places of worship). This is because such giving is contrary to the Great Commission which calls Christians to make disciples of all nations (Matt 28:19-20).


Thus, for example, Christians may contribute towards a fund that assists poor families to send their children to school, but not towards a fund to send those children to a religious school.

 

National Council of Churches of Singapore

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit, we were all baptized into one body.”

- 1 Corinthians 12:12-13