GIVE ONLINE WITH INTERAC E-TRANSFER
Send money directly from your bank account (with participating financial institutions). You can send money to [email protected]  — without sharing any personal financial information.
To ensure that you receive a tax deductible receipt, please provide us with your email address & Designation Fund in the Notes section.

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Pre-Authorized Debits (PAD)
Individuals can sign up for this by completing the PAD authorization form and providing a void cheque to Pilgrim.
The payments will come out of the donor's account on the 5th of each month.  If you give regularly through PayPal please consider converting to PAD as it is more cost effective for Pilgrim (or e-transfer).
To request a PAD form please email [email protected]

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GIVE ONLINE WITH PAYPAL / CREDIT CARD
Give online using the Paypal secure server.
Our online giving page accepts most major credit cards, and is processed securely or use your PayPal account to give online.  After your payment has been processed you will be given a receipt which you can print for your personal records. 
​Please note creating a PayPal account is not required.

Donation Using PayPal

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WAYS TO GIVE IN PERSON

1. During our Sunday service
​We provide the opportunity for you to give during our weekend service. Simply fill out one of our tithe envelopes and place it in the offering plate during our service. We accept cash and cheque.

​2. In the mail
If you aren’t able to make it to our Sunday service and prefer not to give online, feel free to mail your gift to the following address:
Pilgrim Church
6075 Inverness Street
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
V5W-3P8

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Policy for Acceptance of Donations

​All spending of funds is confined to Pilgrim Church approved programs and projects. Each restricted contribution designated toward an approved program or project will be used as designated with the understanding that when the need for such a program or project has been met, or cannot be completed for any reason as determined by Pilgrim Church, the remaining restricted contributions designated for such program or project will be used where needed most as determined by the Board of Pilgrim Church.

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Here are some Biblical approaches to giving or "tithing":

Do you believe in tithing?
In the Old Testament book of Genesis, chapter 14, Abraham personified the spirit of giving that is taught in both the Old and New Testaments. We have come to refer to this spirit or attitude toward giving as the “spirit of the tithe,” and it is characterized by the following: 

1.  A belief that everything I have belongs to God 
Abraham said, “Lord God most high, possessor of heaven and earth, everything I have belongs to you....” In this spirit, Abraham gave a tenth of what he had to the Lord because a tenth in that culture was symbolic of the whole. The Scripture teaches that we are caretakers of the earth and its resources which belong to God, and we will be held accountable for how we use these gifts. 

In the Old Testament, God required the Israelites to give a considerable amount, much of it the first fruits of their harvest, to symbolize their gratitude, their dependence, and their trust in Him to provide for them. This discipline of giving was designed to keep their devotion centered on God as their loving provider, rather than on the material things themselves which lead to idolatry and greed. This required giving was also the means by which the needs of the people as a nation were provided for. 

In the New Testament, this principle of giving remains the same. The parables of Jesus repeatedly illustrate that we are not owners but stewards and heirs, entrusted with the resources of the kingdom of God. We will be held accountable for how we manage these gifts. 

The discipline of giving continues to keep our focus on God as our loving provider and our only hope both spiritually and physically, and breaks the bondage of materialism (idolatry) and greed. The discipline of giving a tithe is not for God’s benefit, but for ours. God has need of nothing, but he wants us to be in relationship with Him and with others. Giving generously and sacrificially reconnects us to our dependence on God and His gifts to us; it also connects us with the needs and lives of others. 

In the New Testament, the discipline of giving is the means through which the needs of the people in the community of faith are met. We are commanded to care and provide for one another, for our spiritual leaders, and for the poor. What is not needed to provide and care for our families, is to be used to provide for and minister to the needs of others, the church, and the advancement of the kingdom of God. 

This belief has practical applications for how we live as believers. 

1. We must endeavor to live simply, and without debt as much as possible so that we are free to give and to go where God calls us. 
2. We give, not only of our money, but also of our time, our talents, our expertise, our bodily strength and energy in service to God, who gave all of Himself to us. 
3. We give priority in giving to the church as the community or family that cares for us, like we care for our own families, and we give to other organizations and individuals seeking to minister to the needs of others so that the sacrificial giving message of the Gospel is declared in both word and deed. 
4. A very practical, legitimate, biblical way to affirm and maintain this “spirit of the tithe” is to tithe—to give a tenth as a symbol of the whole. 

2.  A celebratory attitude of gratitude
As Romans 12:1 instructs, we give everything we have - our very selves - in response to the great mercy and love of God which He pours out on us in Jesus Christ. For a believer the act of giving is one of deep thanksgiving and praise. It is an acknowledgment and celebration of our dependent relationship with God and his generous and extravagant provision. It is an expression of our faith and an act of worship.