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Bless – Honor – Give The Pentecostal Holiness Ministers Family Benefit (MFB) is a cooperative benevolence program for Pentecostal Holiness ministers, missionaries, and their spouses, who are eligible to join if they are 55 years of age or under. An application form may be requested from the local conference office or from the general Ministers Family Benefit Office in Oklahoma City at the address listed above. To join, an initial fee of $5.00 is paid by each applicant and submitted with their application for membership to their conference. After joining, each member then pays $3.00 upon the death of a MFB member. This will be reported quarterly by the conference treasurer and is paid by the member directly to the conference. Upon the death of a member, the family may notify Stewardship Ministries and send a copy of death certificate. A check for $5,000 will then be paid to the beneficiary designated on the application form. This program is for the purpose of providing financial assistance to the beneficiaries of members and expressing brotherly love and concern for the bereaved family of a fellow minister. |
Benevolence or Consumerism Being prudent consumers is a stewardship quality that all of us should be disciplined in, with respect to purchases for our families, and our businesses. It is truly good to get the best possible savings available. I suppose the majority of us are like that, we research the cost per unit, compared to the amount of units and then we bargain for bulk purchases; it’s inherent for most of us. I wonder if our American consumerism has become so over-the-top that we have even begun to see our charitable gifts and benevolence in the same way. Non-profit organizations now spend a great deal of their time justifying and analyzing the cost/benefit ratio for every donor, to prove that the donor is getting the best Return on Investment for the donation. While I’m not against quality administration, and statistical analysis, I am against the idea that benevolence can only be benevolence when it benefits the giver. Giving should be motivated by grace and love, not by benefit. Ministers Family Benefit is a true benevolence program; giving by grace and love to other ministers families in their deepest hour of need and comfort. Ministers Family Benefit was designed as a benevolence cooperative to help the families of deceased ministers, with the benefit to those families being $5,000.00. The cost to each member is $3.00 when a MFB member deceases. It’s a small price to pay to be a blessing. As a consumer, you could probably find an insurance policy for your family that pays a larger benefit for the annual cost involved. However, a regular insurance policy will not benefit any other ministers in the IPHC. Join MFB today and be a blessing to the ministers of this denomination. If you are a minister or the spouse of a minister in the IPHC and have not joined the Ministers Family Benefit benevolence cooperative, I invite you to contact our office to learn more about eligibility, program, and benefits. |
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