This allows people to bring their offering to God in secret and still maintain the worshipful attitude in the giving of gifts. In planning a budget for the church we have asked for faith commitments to be turned in indicating a family's anticipated giving for the coming year. They are not to be signed unless the contributor so desires. No individual bills are sent, only the legally required statements of donations for the individual's tax benefit. Only the financial secretary of the church knows what has been given by anyone.
Churches are too demanding.
I cannot live up to the expectations of people in the church. Many people have been turned off to the church through a belief structure called legalism. Legalism is the attempt to keep all the laws of the Old Testament in addition to other often unwritten expectations. Jesus preached against this tendency in the religious leaders of His day called Pharisees. The Pharisees often created rules in addition to the scripture and then expected people to obey them.