Giving directly is great, I've done it myself and it wasn't always someone in the church. Only problem there is it can snowball and get out of control. A local smallish conservative independent group (70-ish members) were having "deacon problems." Folks didn't think the deacon was helping the widows enough so instead of putting their 10% or whatever in the offering basket, they were giving directly to those in need. Sunday offerings went from $500 - $600/week to not even $100 in a matter of months. Before long, there wasn't enough money to cover other bills the church had!Soloist wrote:I normally give money secretly and this time they needed help so I gave it directly to someone and I guess he told the moderator and thus I got the statement...
Needless to say, that guy didn't stay deacon for very long after that...