Churches turn to plastic money for offerings

Bulawayo Bureau
Some pentecostal churches have adopted Point of Sale (POS) machines to encourage congregants to tithe, pay offerings and settle other church related obligations using plastic money. Traditionally, congregants have been paying tithes using cash.
In Christianity, a tithe is one tenth of someone’s earnings which goes towards supporting the church and its leaders, mostly pastors.
Abundant Life Revival Mission International (ALRMI) spokesperson Mrs Fadziso Kanyayi said they have been using the POS system for two months now.
“We decided to use the swiping system since there is no hard cash in the country and the coffers had gone down,” said Mrs Kanyayi.
Church congregants welcomed the development.
“I am happy with the system because I do not need to queue for money to pay tithes. There are no more excuses for not paying tithes,” said Ms Esther Linje, a member of the church.
Although officials from some churches could not readily comment, our Bulawayo Bureau learnt that Word of Life and Harvest House have introduced the system while Pastor Ernest of Eagle Life Assembly Faith in God Ministries said his church will soon turn to plastic money.