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UMCmarket
Together Supporting our Church
UMCmarket – an online micro-donation tool to create contributions at no cost "UMCmarket is a new, innovative and easy way to help achieve your revenue goals and to support your ministries." Moses Kumar, General Secretary, General Council on Finance and Administration (GCFA) of The United Methodist Church Background Many United Methodist churches are underfunded. They struggle daily to meet financial obligations which may restrict the ability to implement vital ministries. The goal of GCFA’s Corporate Partner Program is to help local churches generate non-traditional revenue streams. UMCmarket.org is our newest program and we are very happy to be able to 8
provide this simple browser application to all our churches. How does it work? By downloading UMCmarket to a computer, members will be able to create micro-donations to your home church every time you shop online. This is done at no cost to the church or you. We have partnered with hundreds of stores (see the complete list of stores at www.UMCmarket.org) that have agreed to give back a percentage of members’ purchases. The money that comes back is a direct microdonation that goes to the buyers’ designated home church. Follow these simple steps to get started: 1. Watch the video “How it Works” at http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=LgebqiZYtpg&feature=youtu.be 2. Click on the “Join Now”-button to download UMCmarket’s shopping-app to your computer. 3. You can also become a member and shop directly from www.UMCmarket.org 4. Browse through all our categories and choose to shop from our hundreds of stores. 5. Every time you shop the stores will donate a portion of your purchase back to your home church. (If accumulated total is less than $100, the payment will be distributed when $100 is reached). UMCmarket This program has been vetted and approved by the General Council of Finance and Administration(GCFA). UMCmarket.org is safe and secure. The privacy policy can be viewed here: http://www.UMCmarket.org/contents/privacy. Why promote shopping?