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freewill offering

American  

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of freewill offering

First recorded in 1525–35

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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 freewill offering is not indeed forbidden, but value in the strict sense is attached only to those which have been prescribed, and which accordingly preponderate everywhere.

From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius

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