love offering
Church collection contribution
A love offering is a voluntary donation given to a religious leader, visiting speaker, or ministry, typically collected during or after a church service.
Unlike regular tithes, love offerings are spontaneous gifts of appreciation: The congregation took up a love offering for the missionary.
The term frames the donation as an act of affection rather than obligation.
- giftItem given freely
- donationVoluntary charitable gift
- contributionSomething given to help
- passing the plateCirculating vessel for donations
- almsgivingGiving to the needy
charity · benevolence · giving back · koinonia · faith community · romantic gesture · compassion · keepsake · kindness · alms · church collection · endowment · grace · support · pastoral support · humanitarian aid · community support · fellowship
- charitable givingcharitable gift, charitable gifts, donation, donations, contribution
- Black ChurchBaptist church, gospel choir, pastor, preacher, deacons
- Christianesealtar call, backslider, blessed, born again, churched
- church offeringscollection basket, church collection, offertory, passing the plate, tenth
- clergy compensationsalary, stipend, housing allowance, parsonage, rectory
- offeringsoblations, libations, oblation, libation, firstfruits
love offeringtithe
Tenth for clergy
assessment · tax · membership fee · subscription · tribute
love offeringblood money
Payment tied to death
bribe · hush money · payoff · protection money · ransom
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