First and foremost, we are asking that you pray and seek God's leading of obedience in your life. Prepare your heart to hear Him and then do what He says. Engage in an Missional Community group, spend time in personal reflection with God in the discipleship guide that you received during the Seek First series. Talk with your spouse, your family or others about what this commitment will mean for this next season of your life.

We are asking that you make a sacrificial commitment to gospel-centered generosity — whatever it is that God is leading you towards. Follow His leading. Finally, we ask that you prepare to be amazed. It is an awesome God that we serve and He is going to move in huge ways and we anticipate an unprecedented impact from our collective Seek First commitments — something only God can do.

If you are new to the Seek First, we would invite you to make a commitment through April 30, 2027. For those that are staying faithful through this journey or deepening the commitment of generosity the Lord has called you to, your commitment will still be for two years, April 2025 – April 2027.

You may have been a part of church giving initiatives in the past during which you were asked to give a second gift "above and beyond" your usual gifts to make special initiatives like new buildings and new ministries possible.

At Resonate Church, we believe that it is all ONE MISSION that we're on — as a movement for ALL people to discover and deepen a relationship with Jesus Christ. So, we want to encourage all of us to unleash our generosity towards that mission.

This Seek First discipleship journey is from April 2025 — April 2027. Over these two years, every gift that is given to Resonate Church will go to the 3 Initiatives of Seek First: Discipleship, Kingdom Expansion and Welfare.

Through the Seek First discipleship journey, every contribution to God through Resonate Church is a contribution to a "one fund" towards Seek First.

Every aspect of the ministry vision God is calling us towards will be funded through Seek First. Every gift made will go into the same fund and will be our Seek First giving.

Therefore, every weekend becomes a day to celebrate and contribute towards what God is doing in us and through us to help ALL people discover and deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ.

Be creative as you explore ways you and your family can give towards Seek First. You might have stocks, property or other items of that nature. Or you may have stored resources that God has blessed you with in the past that He just might be calling you to give out of during this time.

Please let us know if you need assistance with facilitating gifts of property or stock and we would be happy to help you with that. You can contact our finance ministry at giving@resonatemovement.org.

Seek First is about your total, radical, sacrificial generosity to God's mission at Resonate Church. We believe that God calls us to action in times of hardship just as much as He does in times of abundance and that looks different for every person.

But Seek First is about a heart change — one that is only accomplished by surrendering our lives completely over to God in the area of generosity.

God may be calling you to make a commitment that you don't quite know how to fulfill right now, but that you believe God will provide for as you seek ways to sacrifice and work towards that commitment. It is not about the size of the gift, but your obedience towards what God is calling you to in this season.

The primary goal of this discipleship journey is 100% participation of every person that considers Resonate Church home.

If you are someone currently seeking to make payments to pay off debt right now, we commend you for making progress on that. And you should continue to do so.

We would be happy to help you in this journey and/or to recommend a budgeting class that might minister to you. Being in debt does not, however, make someone "excused" from giving. Giving is not about what God wants from you; rather, it's about what God wants for you.

So, it should be our joy and privilege to give at all times. Please contact us if you need assistance with this and we would be honored to help.

Seek First was crafted specifically with you in mind. Seek First is a "one fund" generosity initiative, meaning that it is different from a traditional capital campaign where you are called to give an extra gift above and beyond your normal giving - thus creating two steps for people who aren't yet giving. Seek First is a call to sacrificial, gospel-centered generosity for absolutely everyone at Resonate Church.

If you have never given before, this is your chance to live on mission with a committed sacrifice. We really hope you will.

Seek First is about the vision for our church. We believe that the local church is one of the most compelling missions to give towards and we would really love for you to make Resonate Church your home and join us in Seek First.

If you are ready for it, this is a perfect time for you to put a stake in the ground and make this your church.

Great question. People take different spiritual steps at different times. Some people begin praying before they begin attending church.

Others begin going to a Missional Community small group before they begin talking to God in prayer. Giving is another spiritual step and it comes at different times for different people.

One thing is for sure, however just like other spiritual disciplines, giving draws us closer to God. And God is calling all of us to give. (Matthew 6:19)

Whether you have taken the spiritual step of baptism or whether you haven't yet, we would encourage you to still join us in this Seek First Initiative. We firmly believe that it will draw you closer to God and hopefully to a place where you are ready to make the decision to be baptized.

For all finance and giving related questions, please email giving@resonatemovement.org. For all other questions, please email us at info@resonatemovement.org.