HEART FOR THE HARVEST
Our annual offering above the tithe. Offering weekend is November 15, 2026 at every campus.
From Pastor Zac
ONE PERCENT STARTS WITH ONE GIFT.
Every year Heart for the Harvest starts the same way, with Pastor Zac telling us what he sees ahead for Faith Promise and for Tennessee. This year he sees two things God has put in front of us, and he wants to tell you about them himself.
Pastor Zac Stephens, Senior Pastor
WHY DOES TENNESSEE NEED A MOVE OF GOD?
Tennessee is growing faster than almost any state in the country. More than seven million people live here now, and tens of thousands more arrive every year. Most of them will never walk into a church. They will build a life here, raise kids here, and face the hardest days of their lives here without anyone near them who knows Jesus well enough to introduce them.
That is the harvest Jesus talked about. The fields are full and the workers are few. Faith Promise exists to win the world by equipping Christ followers to win their world, and we believe the world starts with one percent of Tennessee.
This year, two projects will move that engine faster than anything we have done before. The first is a building on the edge of campus, and the second is an app that fits in your pocket. Both are built for the people who will reach Tennessee in the next twenty years.
“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.” Luke 10:2
Focus one: The WIN Center
EQUIPPING SPACE FOR TENNESSEE'S NEXT LEADERS
The WIN Center is a building one block off Cumberland Avenue, on the edge of the University of Tennessee campus, that Faith Promise and the WIN Network are purchasing. It will serve as a "third space" for college students and young adults. Third spaces are where people choose to gather outside of their homes (first) and work or school (second), and the WIN Center will be a place to study, meet, ask questions, and build friendships with people who follow Jesus.
The purpose behind the building reaches far beyond a place to hang out. Most of the students who walk through its doors will build a life and family in Tennessee. They will launch businesses, lead teams, teach, practice medicine, and raise families all over our state. The WIN Center exists to rewire that future workforce for marketplace ministry, so they see their careers as a place to carry out the Great Commission.
Every student at the WIN Center is equipped in three ways. Communal equipping happens in friendships and small groups, where faith is practiced together. Intentional equipping pairs students with mentors and leaders who help them connect their faith to their calling and career. Congregational equipping roots them in a local church, where they worship, serve, and grow.
The goal is to equip one percent of students every year with a world-winning mindset, raising up the next generation of business leaders and church leaders who live as Great Commission people wherever God places them. Your Heart for the Harvest gift helps turn this vision into a real place.
Picture a generation of Christians who treat every workplace in Tennessee as a mission field.
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Step inside the WIN Center
Focus two: The Win Your World app
HELPING EVERY CHRISTIAN SHARE THEIR FAITH
Most Christians want the people they love to know Jesus, and far fewer feel ready to talk about it. Win Your World is a mobile app built to close that gap. It helps any Christ follower build a daily habit of praying for the people in their life who are far from God, and it equips them with practical ways to share their faith.
It starts with a short assessment that shows how you are naturally wired to share your faith. Then you name your Ones, the people you are praying for. Each day the app gives you a short guided prayer for them and one simple next step you can take. Additionally, this tool will help you devise real conversational strategies and give you scriptural insights into today's toughest questions you may encounter.
Win Your World is designed for every believer in every church, whether or not they attend Faith Promise. It is being built by the team behind the Faith Promise app, which already helps thousands of people build daily rhythms of prayer and Scripture. The plan is to launch it nationwide so Christians across the country can use it in their own neighborhoods, workplaces, and families.
The app launches in April 2027. Your Heart for the Harvest gift funds its development and helps put it in the hands of believers across Tennessee and the United States.
Who is next? The app is built to help you answer that question.
Give to Heart for the HarvestGod sets the vision, but you get to set the speed.
Beyond Tennessee
A COUNTRY YOUNGER THAN ITS CHURCHES
Togo is a thin strip of West Africa between Ghana and Benin, about the size of West Virginia, with close to nine million people. Nearly six in ten of them are under twenty-five. It is one of the youngest countries on earth, and in most of its villages the oldest faith is still the strongest one. Roughly a third of the country practices traditional religion, and the fear that comes with it shapes daily life in ways most of us never see.
That is exactly the kind of place where a trained local pastor changes everything. Through The Timothy Initiative, Faith Promise helps train Togolese believers to plant churches in their own villages, in their own language, among people who already trust them. A pastor trained this way does not need a building or a budget from us. He needs a Bible, a mentor, and a few months, and then he trains the next one. Through OneHope, the children in those villages get Scripture written for them, in a form they can read and keep.
A portion of every Heart for the Harvest offering goes beyond our state, because a heart for the harvest cannot stop at a border. This year that portion goes to Togo.
Every church we help plant there is led by someone who was born there.
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Heart for the Harvest also supports our local ministry partners. For a full list, contact missions@faithpromise.org.
WHY GENEROSITY MATTERS
Heart for the Harvest has been part of Faith Promise since 2010. It is a gift above the tithe, given once a year, for the things a regular budget cannot reach. Before you decide what yours will be this year, hear from a few friends who sat down to talk about why they give, and then see what your gifts have already done.
Since 2010
WHAT YOUR GIFTS HAVE DONE
Pathlighters, El Salvador
Building churches that change communities
More than 5,000 people said yes to Jesus in a single month.
Through our 30-year partnership with Pathlighters, churches are planted, pastors are trained, and vulnerable youth get drug prevention education in communities once devastated by violence and poverty. Your gifts extend that work across Central America.
OneHope
Putting the Bible in the world's hands
More than 70,000 children in the Congo received a New Testament.
Through OneHope, Faith Promise helps put age-appropriate Scripture in children's hands around the world. In 2023 that meant New Testaments for more than 70,000 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo, delivered through local churches.
The Timothy Initiative
Going where the Gospel hasn't gone
A new church launches for under $500.
The Timothy Initiative trains local leaders to share the Gospel and plant churches in unreached regions. Because the investment goes into people instead of buildings, each new church launches for under $500, and the leaders it trains go on to train the next ones.
Knoxville partners
Transforming lives right here at home
This one happens in our own backyard.
When a child is removed from their home, Isaiah 117 House gives them a safe place to land. When urban youth need a path forward, Emerald Youth Foundation offers mentoring and a Jesus-centered community. When a woman faces an unplanned pregnancy, Choices Resource Center surrounds her with support.
Your part
BRING YOUR GIFT NOVEMBER 15
Heart for the Harvest is a gift above your regular tithe, given once a year. Pray about what yours should be, then give it one of two ways.
This year your gift funds the WIN Center, the Win Your World app, and our partners in Togo, with a portion supporting our other missions partners.
Give online
Give today from wherever you are. Choose Heart for the Harvest as the fund so your gift goes where you intend.
Give in person
Bring your gift to any Faith Promise campus on offering weekend, November 15. Mark your envelope Heart for the Harvest.
Stocks, crypto and real estate
Give from your portfolio, your digital wallet, or property. Note Heart for the Harvest on the transfer so it lands where you intend.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Answers to the questions a first-time Heart for the Harvest giver asks most. Still have one? Ask a team member at any campus.
Is this in addition to my tithe?
Yes. Heart for the Harvest is a voluntary offering, given once a year above the tithe. That pattern is as old as God's people. When Moses built the tabernacle, everyone whose heart moved them brought a freewill offering, and they kept bringing it until there was more than enough (Exodus 35 and 36). When David gathered what the temple would need, the people gave willingly and rejoiced (1 Chronicles 29). The tithe keeps the everyday ministry of the church going. This offering builds what the regular budget cannot reach.
Can I give over several months?
Yes. Any gift you give before November 15 counts toward this year's offering, whether it comes in one gift or several. Anything given after November 15 will count toward the 2027 offering. Choose Heart for the Harvest as the fund each time so it lands where you intend.
How do I make sure my gift goes to Heart for the Harvest?
Online, choose it as the fund. In person, write it on your envelope or check. By text, the HARVEST keyword handles it.
Can I give stock, crypto, real estate, or from a donor-advised fund?
Yes. Use the Stocks, crypto and real estate link above to get started, and note Heart for the Harvest on the transfer so it is counted toward the offering.
Will I get a receipt?
Yes. All donors are provided with a giving statement for tax purposes.