Supporting
ICS: your partnership would be a great encouragement
To help us
spread the gospel just click here to donate
And when doing so why not become a Friend of ICS, and receive our
inspiring and informative ICS News and Prayer Diary each quarter?
To do so just tick the box entitled 'Tick here to receive our magazine
and prayer diary quarterly by post if you do not already do so.' Alternatively
download and print the form here
and post it to us. If you would like partner us in our tourist outreach
in Wengen and Zermatt you can donate on line to here too, as
well as support specific projects. If you wish to also consider applying
for membership of ICS please e-mail or call us for details
of membership. Members are entitled to vote and speak at our AGM,
and receive notification of our AGM and other matters for members.
If you would
prefer web based materials and e-communication you can download the
news sections of ICS News from our home page, and request our monthly
e-mail News and Prayer Update from enquiries@ics-uk.org
- put 'Please send me News and Prayer Update' in the subject field.
How
to donate
- Online
click here to make a donation online.
As at June 2008 World Pay (who provide the secure on line transaction
service) deducts from 4.5% from credit card payments and 50p from
debit card payments plus VAT (sales tax), plus minor standing changes,
before your gift or payment is passed on to ICS. Your bank may also
levy further charges, so please bear in mind the amount ICS receives
will be less than you are debited. UK taxpayers can give on line
tax-efficiently using Gift Aid.
http://www.ics-uk.org/support/taxefficient.shtml
explains how Gift Aid works.
- Online
via CAF using your Charities Aid Foundation Charity Card at http://www.cafonline.org/apps/Charities/CharityProfileLink.aspx?MainId=34315&SubId=135127&Source=CAF
- Online
via CAFAmerica if you are a US taxpayer - see below.
- By post
using a UK £ Sterling cheque or international money order payable
to Intercontinental Church Society. For our address go to
contact us.
In the interests of fraud prevention, please do not make
cheques etc payable to 'ICS'.
- By phone
using American Express, MasterCard or Visa. Call us on 01926 - 430
347 in the United Kingdom or +44 1926 - 430 347 from abroad. Office
hours are 0930 - 1700 hrs UK time, Monday to Friday. Ask for Maggie
or Andrew. You can at the same time order a copy of our Directory
of English-speaking Churches Abroad or other publications or
Christmas Cards on sale from time to time. Charges on credit card
transactions by phone are usually lower than on-line.
- Via your UK
Self-assessment tax return at section Q19A by electing for any
tax refund to be given direct to Intercontinental Church Society
– our reference number for this purpose is LAA67QG.
- By giving
an asset such as land or shares or shares in a quoted company –
see http://www.ics-uk.org/support/taxefficient.shtml
for more information.
Note: donations
are accepted only in accordance with our donation policy. Please see
terms and conditions
US
taxpayers
You
are welcome to use our on line donation system. However if you wish
to make a tax-deductible gift over $500.00 to ICS, you may do so via
CAF America where you will need to specify Intercontinental Church
Society as the charity to which you wish CAFAmerica to make a grant.
CAFAmerica make a deduction from each donation, as their web site
explains. You can either download a form
and post your donation to them, or use their on-line
giving facility.
Thank you.
Enabling
ICS's mission
ICS is first
and foremost a mission agency. At the heart of our work is helping
people who speak English discover, follow and serve the Christ of
the Scriptures. Since 1823 we have been working around the world making
the most of opportunities to spread the gospel, helping many, especially
those living away from home. We work mainly in continental Europe
and North Africa, two of the most spiritually needy regions of the
world. ICS receives no direct funding from the Church of England to
carry out its work - we are funded entirely by donations from individuals,
supporting churches and trusts. We need people, most importantly,
to pray for us, our mission partners, their churches and those we
and they seek to reach with the message of the Cross. Across England
we have a network of prayer groups. For contact details contact communications@ics-uk.org
Your support
can enable us to
* plant new
churches. ICS typically funds a new congregation (on a reducing basis)
for several years so that it can afford a minister. We cover costs
such as salary, pension, medical insurance, accommodation, expenses
* Explore possibilities for church-planting and help churches start
new congregations or undertake outreach initiatives
* Start up seasonal outreach in new resorts as holiday patterns change
and where there are increasing numbers of English-speakers
Click for a
list of our current projects
and e-mail us for more information on anything specific.
We are also responsible for recruiting Anglican clergy to be ministers
of many existing international Anglican churches to help ensure that
they have the best people, able to work with the wide range of nationalities
and Christian backgrounds that attend, and we also own many church
buildings used by these international Anglican churches. We also own
and maintain fully the historic English churches in Zermatt and Wengen.
Please support
our work and help English-speaking people from all over the world,
and the countries in which we work, find Christ and follow him. We
will send you our quarterly ICS News and Prayer Diary and/or We encourage
you to donate annually at least UK £48 (or UK £18 if you
are unwaged, over 65 or a full-time student). However, please be as
generous as you can and use tax-efficient
giving if possible. Also, please, remember us in your will - see
ICS and your
will. Your gifts can enable English-language ministry for the
benefit of future generations.
