freewill offering

American  

noun

1. a voluntary religious contribution made in addition to what may be expected or required.

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Etymology

Origin of freewill offering

First recorded in 1525–35

Example Sentences

A freewill offering will benefit the host church’s weekend lunch program, Loaves & Fishes.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2017

A freewill offering will go entirely to support Westmoreland Social Justice and Action grants to nonprofit groups meeting critical human needs.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2016

A freewill offering will be taken to benefit Shaw Community Ministry.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2016

For a freewill offering, congregants can take produce, the proceeds benefiting a global hunger relief organization.

From Washington Times • Oct. 17, 2015

The names for animal sacrifice, zibu, for meal offering, manitu, and for freewill offering, nidbu, all are found in their Hebrew forms in the Old Testament.

From The Christian View of the Old Testament by Eiselen, Frederick Carl