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What does the US office of the Continuing Church of God spend money on?
In the CCOG we really do focus on others and reaching the world with the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. In 2025, we traveled to make and teach disciples in many lands (cf. Matthew 28:19-20), produced more literature, continued our radio presence, helped the poor, made future contacts related to the final phase of the work, and took major steps preparing for the short work of Romans 9:28 (see Preparing for the ‘Short Work’ and The Famine of the Word) as we work towards the fulfillment of Matthew 24:14.
Overall, if you sent the CCOG a check for US$100.00 in 2025 here is how it was spent:
Internet proclamation 8.70
Literature production 14.73
Video and animation production 7.07
Foreign final phase of the work 3.01
Broadcast Radio 9.97
US Feast of Tabernacles’ costs and US travel 3.72
Administration and legal expenses 0.03
Salaries, health insurance, and retirement plans for US leaders 0.00
Reserves 2.57
Youth Programs 2.34
Support to or for Africa (proclamation and preaching 26.27, charitable 21.59) 47.86
Yes, our income goes to support the physically and spiritually poor as we work to fulfill Matthew 24:14, Romans 11:25, the Ezekiel warning, and Matthew 28:19-20.
Jesus said, “where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21) and “I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink … inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me (Matthew 25:35,40) and “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:19-20). We accept tithes, offerings, and other financial donations.
Those who wish to voluntarily aid and support this worldwide Work of God are gladly welcomed as co-workers in this major effort to preach and publish the gospel to all nations per Matthew 24:14 and Matthew 28:19-20.
Our mailing address is Continuing Church of God, P.O. Box 109, Grover Beach, CA 93483. Telephone is 1-805-574-1818.
Some have sent checks, others cash, and others money orders. We also accept bank transfers.
We also do have a way to accept donations via VISA/MasterCard/Discover which is directly or indirectly through PayPal (which can handle many major credit cards). PayPal is a major way that many use to send donations.
This sermonette discusses the CCOG's income, how it spends donations, and the fruits of the word in this Philadelphian remnant of the Church of God.
Here is a link to our Donations page: https://www.ccog.org/donations/
In the CCOG we really do focus on others and reaching the world with the Gospel of the Kingdom of God. In 2025, we traveled to make and teach disciples in many lands (cf. Matthew 28:19-20), produced more literature, continued our radio presence, helped the poor, made future contacts related to the final phase of the work, and took major steps preparing for the short work of Romans 9:28 (see Preparing for the ‘Short Work’ and The Famine of the Word) as we work towards the fulfillment of Matthew 24:14.
Overall, if you sent the CCOG a check for US$100.00 in 2025 here is how it was spent:
Internet proclamation 8.70
Literature production 14.73
Video and animation production 7.07
Foreign final phase of the work 3.01
Broadcast Radio 9.97
US Feast of Tabernacles’ costs and US travel 3.72
Administration and legal expenses 0.03
Salaries, health insurance, and retirement plans for US leaders 0.00
Reserves 2.57
Youth Programs 2.34
Support to or for Africa (proclamation and preaching 26.27, charitable 21.59) 47.86
Yes, our income goes to support the physically and spiritually poor as we work to fulfill Matthew 24:14, Romans 11:25, the Ezekiel warning, and Matthew 28:19-20.
Jesus said, “where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21) and “I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink … inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me (Matthew 25:35,40) and “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:19-20). We accept tithes, offerings, and other financial donations.
Those who wish to voluntarily aid and support this worldwide Work of God are gladly welcomed as co-workers in this major effort to preach and publish the gospel to all nations per Matthew 24:14 and Matthew 28:19-20.
Our mailing address is Continuing Church of God, P.O. Box 109, Grover Beach, CA 93483. Telephone is 1-805-574-1818.
Some have sent checks, others cash, and others money orders. We also accept bank transfers.
We also do have a way to accept donations via VISA/MasterCard/Discover which is directly or indirectly through PayPal (which can handle many major credit cards). PayPal is a major way that many use to send donations.
This sermonette discusses the CCOG's income, how it spends donations, and the fruits of the word in this Philadelphian remnant of the Church of God.
Here is a link to our Donations page: https://www.ccog.org/donations/
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00:00You
00:05Greetings friends, this is Steve Dupuy for the
00:07Bible News Prophecy Program with Dr.
00:09Bob Thiel.
00:10Bringing you news and analysis of world events
00:12in light of Bible prophecy.
00:15Dr. Thiel, are real
00:16Christians still supposed to
00:18tithe in the church?
00:20Yes, you know, Jesus said in Luke 12, verse 34,
00:25where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
00:28He's talking about giving.
00:30Money.
00:31And when he was talking to the Pharisees in Matthew 12,
00:3523, verse 23, he said to them,
00:37you pay tithe of many.
00:40So you're paying attention to tithing,
00:42even on minor things, he says.
00:44But you've neglected.
00:45The weight of your matters of law,
00:46justice, mercy, and faith.
00:48These you ought to have done without
00:50leaving others undone.
00:51He said, you still were supposed to tithe.
00:54And we're still.
00:55supposed to tithe.
00:56Now, the Apostle Paul, in Hebrews chapter 7,
01:00starting in verse 9, wrote,
01:03even Levi, who received...
01:05Paid tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,
01:07so to speak.
01:08For he was in the loins of his father,
01:10when Melchizedek, who's Jesus, met him.
01:13Therefore, if perfection...
01:15were through the Levitical priesthood,
01:17what further need was there
01:18for another priest who should rise?
01:20According to the order of Melchizedek.
01:22And that be called
01:24According to the order of...
01:25Aaron, for the priesthood being changed,
01:27of necessity, there is also a change.
01:30to the law.
01:35Is there still a Levitical priesthood
01:37to send tithes to?
01:40No, but because it would change the law,
01:42the tithes go to the church,
01:44and not the Levitical...
01:45priesthood anymore,
01:46so supporters should send their tithes
01:47to the continuing church of God.
01:49And although...
01:50Oh, he didn't always exercise that, right?
01:52Paul did take wages, tithes.
01:55from the churches,
01:55as he declared in 2 Corinthians 11, verse 8.
01:59Now, the...
02:00Apostle Paul also wrote
02:00that we should give generously.
02:02I'm going to read and paraphrase parts of...
02:052 Corinthians 9, starting in verse 6.
02:09He says...
02:10He who sows sparingly
02:10will reap sparingly.
02:12He who sows bountifully
02:13will reap bountifully.
02:14Let every...
02:15Let every one give
02:15as he purposes in his heart.
02:17Not grudgingly or necessarily
02:19for God loves...
02:20God is a cheerful giver.
02:21And God is able to make
02:22all grace abound towards you.
02:24Every...
02:25All sufficiency in all things.
02:27Okay, so he's saying if...
02:30You give, God will bless you.
02:32As is written, he says...
02:34He's...
02:35Dispersed abroad.
02:36He's given to the poor.
02:37His righteousness endures forever.
02:40And then he prays
02:41that God will give you everything
02:43if you give.
02:45Now, he also wrote in Galatians 6,
02:48starting in verse 6.
02:50Let him who is taught the word
02:52share in all good things
02:54with him who...
02:55Who teaches?
02:56He's talking about money.
02:57Verse 7.
02:58Do not be deceived.
02:59God's not mocked.
03:00Whoever man sows,
03:01he also reaps.
03:02He who sows of his flesh
03:04will his flesh...
03:05He must reap corruption.
03:06But he who sows of his spirit
03:07will his spirit reap everlasting life.
03:09And let us...
03:10Not grow weary while doing good.
03:12From due season we shall reap
03:14if we don't lose...
03:15His heart.
03:15Therefore,
03:17as we have the opportunity,
03:18let us do good to all.
03:20Especially those
03:21in the household of faith.
03:23When Paul says we should...
03:25share in all good things
03:27with him who teaches.
03:28Are you saying that...
03:30includes tithing and money?
03:33Yes.
03:34Christians are supposed to be...
03:35generous with their finances.
03:37In Romans chapter 10.
03:38In Romans chapter 10.
03:40Verse 14 he said.
03:42He wrote.
03:43How then shall they call on them
03:44who...
03:45they've not believed?
03:46How can they believe
03:47in him who's not heard?
03:49And how shall they...
03:50hear without a preacher?
03:51And how shall they preach
03:53unless they're sent?
03:55And they're sent with money.
03:57Okay?
03:58So,
03:59Jesus...
04:00Apostle Paul basically taught
04:01Christians are supposed to tithe,
04:02support the ministry,
04:03traveling,
04:03proclaiming the gospel.
04:05Now,
04:05in Proverbs 3.
04:09Starting verse...
04:1027.
04:11You read something interesting.
04:12It says,
04:13Do not withhold good
04:14from those to whom it...
04:15is good
04:15when it's in the power
04:16of your hand to do so.
04:17And don't tell your neighbor,
04:19go and come...
04:20back and tomorrow
04:20I'll give it to you
04:21when you have it with you.
04:23What does this mean?
04:24Well,
04:24amongst other things...
04:25We're not to delay
04:26to give as we should.
04:29By the way...
04:30continuing Church of God,
04:30we do accept tithes,
04:31offerings,
04:32and other financial donations.
04:35What does the continuing Church of God
04:36do with any tithes
04:37and offerings it receives?
04:40Regarding funds,
04:42it consists of what Jesus said.
04:44Jesus said...
04:45Matthew 25.
04:46Sorry,
04:47verse 35.
04:48I was hungry.
04:48You gave me food.
04:49I was...
04:50Thirsty gave me drink.
04:51Insomuch as you did this
04:53to one of the least
04:54of these,
04:54my brethren...
04:55you did it to me.
04:56And in Matthew 28.
04:5719 and 20,
04:58it said,
04:58go,
04:58therefore,
04:59make disciples...
05:00of all the nations,
05:01baptizing them
05:01in the name of the Father,
05:02and the Son,
05:03and the Holy Spirit,
05:04teaching them to...
05:05observe all the things
05:06I have commanded you,
05:07lo,
05:07I'm with you always,
05:09even to the...
05:10and the age.
05:11And our spending
05:11is consistent
05:12with those words of Jesus.
05:15We ended last calendar year
05:17with an additional...
05:20congregations
05:21in South America
05:23and Africa.
05:25which is consistent
05:26with the prophecies
05:27about the fullness
05:28of Gentiles coming in.
05:30we had other members
05:30in other lands.
05:32And we remained
05:32the fastest-growing
05:33ex-WCG.
05:35group in the 21st century.
05:36And we do have
05:37the fruits of a prophet
05:39as Jesus...
05:40Jesus talked about
05:40in Matthew 7,
05:4116 to 20.
05:43As far as spending...
05:45funds,
05:45the continuing church of God,
05:46we really do focus
05:47on others
05:48and reaching the world
05:48with the gospel
05:49of the kingdom of God.
05:50We've traveled
05:52to make disciples
05:53in many lands.
05:55You baptized in Canada.
05:57I did it in South America
05:58and in the...
06:00the Midwest of the United States.
06:02And we've had...
06:02And also,
06:03I went to Asia.
06:05and ordained a minister there
06:07and he said
06:08growth in Asia as well.
06:10We also took major steps
06:11preparing for the short work
06:13of Romans...
06:159, 28 as we work
06:16towards fulfillment
06:16of Matthew 20, 14
06:18by getting the gospel.
06:20rules of witness.
06:22Now,
06:22if you sent
06:23the continuing church...
06:25God a check
06:25for $100 in 2025,
06:27here's how it was spent.
06:29Number one...
06:30Internet proclamation,
06:31$8.70.
06:32Number two...
06:33Literature production...
06:35$14.73.
06:37Video and animation production...
06:39$7.70.
06:40Four and final phase of the work,
06:42$3.01.
06:44Broadcast radio...
06:45Commercial radio...
06:46$9.97.
06:48U.S. Feast of Tabernacles costs...
06:50Travel...
06:50$3.72.
06:52Administrative and legal expenses...
06:550.03 cents.
06:57So just three cents.
06:59Salaries, health...
07:00insurance and retirement plans...
07:01for U.S. leaders...
07:02$0.00 and zero cents.
07:05Reserves, $2.57.
07:06Youth programs, $2.34.
07:09Support, two or...
07:10Africa...
07:11Proclamation and preaching...
07:13about $26.27.
07:15Charitable, $21.59.
07:20Yes, our income goes...
07:21to support the physically...
07:22and spiritually poor...
07:23as we work to fulfill...
07:24Matthew 24...
07:24verse 14...
07:25Romans 11.25...
07:27Ezekiel warning...
07:28and Matthew 28...
07:2819-20.
07:29It's an awful lot of fruit...
07:32for a hundred bucks.
07:33Can you get into a...
07:34a little more detail...
07:36about those categories?
07:38Yeah.
07:38Everyone, like...
07:39Internet...
07:39Proclamation...
07:40That includes paying...
07:41for servers...
07:42malware protection...
07:43URL fees...
07:44websites...
07:44video platforms...
07:46and our Google...
07:47Microsoft campaigns...
07:49Our...
07:49Google campaign...
07:51the 24 million...
07:52impressions...
07:52on personal computers...
07:54tablets...
07:55laptops...
07:56and smartphones...
07:57last year...
07:58It's been over...
07:59half a...
07:59billion now in total...
08:01our Microsoft...
08:02campaign...
08:03targets...
08:03seventh-day...
08:04Sabbath...
08:04papers...
08:05and it had...
08:06589,710...
08:08computer impressions...
08:09last year.
08:09As far as literature...
08:11that includes...
08:12production costs...
08:13printing...
08:14some...
08:14some...
08:14translation costs...
08:15although...
08:16more of them...
08:17we're doing...
08:17ourselves now...
08:18also...
08:19includes...
08:20formatting...
08:20these...
08:21and forms...
08:21that were used...
08:22on the Internet...
08:23to allow them...
08:24to be...
08:24printed...
08:25in the United States...
08:26and over in Africa...
08:28you know...
08:29the good news is...
08:29supposed to be...
08:30published...
08:31that's the word...
08:32used in Mark...
08:32310...
08:33in the Old King James...
08:34and we're doing...
08:36that in both...
08:36the Eastern and...
08:36Western Hemispheres.
08:39Video.
08:39Video and animation...
08:40covers the cost...
08:41to produce...
08:41our Bible News Prophecy...
08:42videos...
08:43our animations...
08:44are behind the...
08:44works video...
08:45and something...
08:46that we're doing...
08:46new now...
08:47YouTube Shorts...
08:48which are reading...
08:49many...
08:49thousands of people...
08:51creation of...
08:52DVDs...
08:52that we send...
08:53to international areas...
08:54here...
08:54in Ephesians Tabernacles...
08:56um...
08:57uh...
08:59four...
09:01final phases of work...
09:02this is...
09:03a professional fees project...
09:04support government fees...
09:06and travel...
09:07for...
09:08non-USA matters...
09:09this involves...
09:12making contacts...
09:13and working with...
09:13various government agencies...
09:14NGOs...
09:15private organizations...
09:16in Europe...
09:17Asia...
09:17and Latin America...
09:19we're able to make...
09:19contacts...
09:20and solidify...
09:20various ones...
09:21in these areas...
09:22which will provide...
09:23support for the final phase...
09:24of the work...
09:25radio expenses...
09:26you're paying...
09:27for commercial radio...
09:28okay...
09:29we're on...
09:30uh...
09:31uh...
09:3120 stations...
09:33uh...
09:33two are shortwave...
09:34uh...
09:35one of the shortwaves...
09:35out of...
09:36Europe...
09:37which hits...
09:38the Middle East...
09:39and Europe...
09:39we're also on...
09:40AM in...
09:41uh...
09:41Europe...
09:42we have shortwave...
09:43in the United States...
09:44which...
09:44also covers...
09:45parts of Asia...
09:47and we're on...
09:47a bunch of...
09:48commercial radio stations...
09:49in the United States...
09:50as well as...
09:51uh...
09:52in...
09:52uh...
09:53we're on one in Kenya...
09:54and in Ghana...
09:54as well...
09:55so...
09:56that's what the...
09:56costs are for...
09:58yes...
09:58these...
09:59the tabernacles...
09:59cost...
09:59uh...
10:00costs associated...
10:01getting there...
10:01paying for...
10:03the hall rental...
10:04and...
10:04um...
10:04some...
10:05some assistance...
10:06to some members...
10:07administrative expenses...
10:09trivial...
10:09some officer supplies...
10:11and it was like...
10:12nothing...
10:13anyway...
10:13we don't pay...
10:14salaries...
10:15for our U.S. leaders...
10:16so you and I...
10:17don't get anything...
10:18I like that...
10:19we...
10:19free...
10:19usually...
10:20donate our time...
10:21in order to...
10:22do we pay our spouses...
10:23with retirement plans...
10:24or whatever...
10:25although Paul wrote...
10:26in 1 Corinthians 9...
10:2811...
10:29he had...
10:29the right to be paid...
10:31uh...
10:32certain times...
10:32he said...
10:33like the next verse...
10:33he didn't use that right...
10:34in...
10:35lest he hinder the gospel...
10:37that's why...
10:38uh...
10:38you and I...
10:38don't take a salary...
10:39from the church...
10:39it doesn't mean...
10:41we'd never consider...
10:41paying a minister...
10:42in North America...
10:44but we should never...
10:44have...
10:45had to do it...
10:46youth programs...
10:48painful...
10:49mostly for youth camps...
10:51in Africa...
10:52and sometimes...
10:52some other things...
10:53this is needed...
10:54for a lot of reasons...
10:54including hunger support...
10:56as well as...
10:57some end time things...
10:58such as you see...
10:59warnings...
10:59Malachi 4...
11:00verse 6...
11:02now...
11:03support for Africa...
11:04that...
11:04includes...
11:05paying for ministerial expenses...
11:07to reach...
11:07teach...
11:08travel to preach...
11:09the gospel of the king...
11:09with God...
11:10printing some literature...
11:12certain translation expenses...
11:13distributing literature...
11:14meeting space assessments...
11:17supporting the poor...
11:18including widows...
11:18and orphans...
11:19and meeting space...
11:21sometimes...
11:22we'll...
11:22provide the Africans...
11:24cement...
11:26and...
11:27iron sheets...
11:27and they'll build...
11:28meeting poles...
11:29on their own property...
11:30and use their own labor...
11:33you know...
11:34some people think...
11:35you know...
11:35trying to support...
11:36poor Africans...
11:37is terrible...
11:37because they'll always be poor...
11:38but...
11:39Paul wrote...
11:40that we're not supposed to...
11:41grow worry...
11:42while doing good...
11:43for in due season...
11:44we'll reap...
11:44if we don't do heart...
11:45lose heart...
11:46and if we have the opportunity...
11:48to do good...
11:49for all...
11:49especially those...
11:50in the household of faith...
11:51and we're doing that...
11:52the majority of our members...
11:54died in Africa...
11:54many fruits...
11:55are being...
11:56produced there...
11:57the Bible is clear...
11:58that the fullness...
11:58or the full...
11:59number of Gentiles...
11:59has to come in...
12:00before Jesus returns...
12:02Romans 11 25...
12:04in our...
12:04our spending...
12:05reflects the seriousness...
12:06of this...
12:07um...
12:09it appears...
12:10that never before...
12:11in Church of God history...
12:12by the way...
12:12if so few...
12:14people helps...
12:15with...
12:16so many...
12:17with so little...
12:17for so long...
12:18dead...
12:19have the impact...
12:19that Continuing Church of God...
12:20is having...
12:22and we also have...
12:22a multimedia page...
12:24that you...
12:24you can go to...
12:24you can find that...
12:25at ccog.org...
12:26explain more details...
12:28how we're reaching people...
12:29we strongly believe...
12:30that whatever you send...
12:31the Continuing Church of God...
12:32is well spent...
12:33to support...
12:34Philadelphian Remnant...
12:35as we work...
12:36on Matthew 24 14...
12:38Matthew 28...
12:3919 to 20...
12:40but we strive...
12:41to be ready...
12:41for the short work...
12:42of Romans 9 28...
12:44and do our part...
12:45in the final phase...
12:46of the work...
12:47consistent with...
12:49Daniel 11 32...
12:51Luke 21 12 17...
12:54and we also have...
12:55an article...
12:56called...
12:57why is there...
12:58a Philadelphia...
12:59come to the Church of God...
13:00that some might want...
13:00to read...
13:02if I wanted...
13:03to give to the...
13:04Continuing Church of God...
13:05how would I go about it?
13:07well you can mail it...
13:09in the form of a...
13:10check...
13:10cash...
13:11or money order...
13:12our mailing address...
13:13is Continuing Church...
13:14Church of God...
13:15PO Box 109...
13:16Grover Beach...
13:17California...
13:189...
13:193483...
13:21that's...
13:21Continuing Church of God...
13:22PO Box 109...
13:24Grover...
13:24Grover Beach...
13:24California...
13:259...
13:253...
13:264...
13:268...
13:263...
13:26Now many...
13:28in the United...
13:29States...
13:29but particularly...
13:30overseas...
13:31they send funds...
13:32to us using...
13:33the...
13:33Continuing Church...
13:34Church of God...
13:35PayPal account...
13:36and that goes to...
13:37the...
13:37Continuing...
13:38COG...
13:38at...
13:38Gmail...
13:39dot com...
13:39PayPal account...
13:40and so that's...
13:42a common way...
13:42we get funds...
13:43now here...
13:44the words of Jesus...
13:46Luke...
13:4710...
13:47verse 2...
13:49The harvest is truly great...
13:51but the laborers are few...
13:52Therefore...
13:52Pray the Lord...
13:53the harvest...
13:54to send out laborers...
13:55into his harvest...
13:57So...
13:57please...
13:58Pray for more labor...
13:59So...
13:59the harvest...
13:59as we push forward...
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