How Endowments Work

The farmland God divided among the Hebrew tribes in ancient Israel was never sold. In times of deepest poverty, a family could give up the land under a "lease." A "leaser/purchaser" bought the use and fruit of the land, not the land itself. During Jubilee, all land was restored to the original family owners. Endowments are rooted in this Old Testament principle of "live off the land but do not consume it."

Like the promised land, endowment gifts are preserved so that the principal is not consumed. The earnings are "harvested" to support a specific Free Will Baptist ministry(ies). The original gift remains in place perpetually to earn ministry income.