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Northwest Christian Community Foundation exists to serve followers of Christ blessed with a passion to give like a river - effortlessly and efficiently, while making a life-giving, world-shaping impact wherever their resources go.  That lofty goal is accomplished by helping individuals, ministries, businesses, and professional advisors take advantage of strategic and dynamic charitable initiatives. 

Northwest Christian Community Foundation is a tax-exempt, public, 501(c)(3), nonprofit charity organized to work side by side with generous Christian donors.

Since 1995, NCCF has been offering leadership to the Christian community of Oregon and Southwest Washington.  Through its capabilities and experienced staff, NCCF can receive unique and complex gift assets, and utilize innovative charitable techniques to maximize the effectiveness of the donor's philanthropy.

Our Gift to You

THE TREASURE PRINCIPLE: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving

by Randy Alcorn

Alcorn's book The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving unearths Jesus' radical teaching about the joy of giving. In this short, condensed book Alcorn shares six Treasure Principles to stir your heart and mind on the subject of being a good steward with your money.

• God Owns Everything. I'm His Money Manager
• My Heart Always Goes Where I Put God's Money
• Heaven, Not Earth, Is My Home
• I Should Live Not For the Dot But For The Line
• Giving is The Only Antidote To Materialism
• God Prospers Me Not To Raise My Standard of Living, But To Raise My Standard Of Giving

Scriptural Principles of Giving

God Owns Everything, and I Am His Money Manager

• Psalm 24:1 - "The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it."
• Haggai 2:8 - " 'The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the Lord Almighty."
• Deuteronomy 8:18 - "Remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth."
• 1 Corinthians 4:2 - "Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful."
• Romans 14:10-12 - "For we will all stand before God's judgment seat ... each of us will give an account of himself to God."

My Heart Always Goes Where I Put God's Money

Matthew 6:19-21 - "Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."

Heaven, Not Earth, Is My Home

• Philippians 3:20 - "Our citizenship is in heaven."
• Psalm 90:10 - "The length of our days is seventy years-or eighty, if we have the strength; yet their span is but trouble and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away."
• Psalm 39:5b - "Each man's life is but a breath."

I Should Not Live Merely for the Moment but for Eternity

• Hebrews 11:25-26 - "[Moses] chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward."
• Matthew 25:21 - "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'"

Giving Is the Only Antidote to Materialism

• Ecclesiastes 5:10, 13-14 - "Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless ... I have seen a grievous evil under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner, or wealth lost through some misfortune, so that when he has a son there is nothing left for him."
• 1 Timothy 6:9-10 - "People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."
• 1 Timothy 6:17-18 - "Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life."

God Prospers Me Not to Raise My Standard of Living, but to Raise My Standard of Giving

• Malachi 3:10b - " 'Test me in this, 'says the Lord Almighty, 'and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.' "
• Acts 20:35 - "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

NCCF has a limited supply of Alcorn's thought provoking book, The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving. 

If you are interested in finding out more about giving without guilt and transferring your assets from heaven to earth contact us for this free gift from NCCF to you.