Our Pledge to You:

• We promise that we will value our relationship with you more than any need to ask for financial support.

• We promise that our financial appeals will ask nothing more than that you give to our ministry freely, cheerfully, and in obedience to God's calling.

• We promise that we will respect and honor all donors of our ministry without regard to the size of their gifts or the frequency of their giving.

• We promise that we will not use coercion, manipulation, or any other improper conduct to persuade you to give financially to this ministry.

• We promise that we will use your financial gift in accordance with the purposes we say they will be used.

• We promise that we will honor and adhere to any special restrictions that you place upon your financial gifts to this ministry.

• We promise that we will exercise good stewardship in using the financial resources that you entrust to us.

• We promise that we will regularly communicate with you about the work of our ministry and the programs that you support.

• We promise that all of our communications to you will be truthful and accurate.

• We promise that we will invite your input, involvement, and ideas in helping to shape our mission and to define our future ministry programs.

• We promise that we will regularly invite you to share your prayer requests and that we will faithfully pray for your needs.

• We promise that we will conduct all of our ministry activities with the ultimate goal of and giving glory to God and pleasing Him.

• In order to protect your privacy, The Deering Center will not sell or rent your name to any other organization.