As a Partner or friend of Andrew Wommack Ministries – Europe (AWME), you will already know much about the work we seek to deliver and the impact on the nations we seek to be part of; with the intent not only to transform lives with the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but to transform societies for generations to come.

Through your Partnership and donations, your support already enables the advancement of the Christian faith to the people of the United Kingdom and beyond through any suitable method, including but not limited to methods detailed below:

  • Translation of books, television programs and the Charis curriculum into local languages around the world, transforming nations from within.
  • Empowerment of people to walk in their God-given callings, stepping into major roles of influence in their societies.
  • Resources, including teaching materials, to be distributed throughout the United Kingdom, as well as to many other countries, making disciples of Jesus by teaching them their true identities as defined in God’s Word.
  • Establishment of new Ministry and Charis Bible College locations all over the world with the intent to see nations transformed and fulfilling the calling God has for them.
  • Training of leaders in every field through Charis Bible College, teaching them to walk in the power of God’s unconditional love and grace, and operate in the power and authority of God’s Word, and not on their own understanding.
  • Seeding the nations with the Word of God by taking the Gospel to all nations.

We already see what a gift God has given us, equipping us to use the resources of this temporary life to make an eternal difference! Together, we can and will change the world – but we are often asked by Partners and friends: ‘What more can I do?’, ‘How else can I help?’

One way you can continue to make a difference and support Andrew Wommack Ministries – Europe is through leaving a legacy for the charity in your will. Making provision for AWME in this way means that we can continue our work of sharing the full Gospel within the United Kingdom and the world. Legacy gifting enables AWME to plan for the future and to make informed choices about our resources, knowing we can invest and grow our work, and that your funds can provide a lasting benefit as the Gospel is spread to many nations.

Making Provison

As a registered charity, Andrew Wommack Ministries – Europe relies on the support –financially, practically and in prayer – from our Partners and donors to enable us to carry out the work that we do, supporting people to come to better know and understand God’s love and grace through the Gospel. For us, supporting the continued awareness of and access to Discipleship education, prayer and gospel ministry, are key goals that cannot be achieved without your support.

Including Andrew Wommack Ministries – Europe as a beneficiary of your will is simple and easy to do and will provide a long-lasting legacy as we endeavour to share the full Gospel with all the world and bring more people to know and believe in the One True Eternal God, and by faith receive Jesus Christ as Lord and saviour.

What is a will? And why do I need to make one?

A will is a document that you prepare during your lifetime to make sure that your estate can pass to the people and charities that you have chosen to benefit from your assets in the event of your death. Your estate includes any property you own, including your house if you own it, bank accounts, stocks and shares and personal items such as jewellery.

A will means that you can leave specific items or amounts of money to people that you choose, and also means that you can make provision for people or organisations that the law would not recognise without your clear choice.

A will also means that you can ensure that the way in which you make provision for those that you want to include is appropriate for their circumstances and needs – such as making sure that children receive inheritances at an age that you think is appropriate or that any special needs or vulnerabilities are suitably protected.

What happens if I do not have a will?

If you do not have a will, the law sets out what happens through the Intestacy Rules – these might mean that people you do not want to benefit from your assets receive things you would have wanted others to have.

Without a will, there is no provision made for non-blood relatives – friends and charities do not receive anything unless you make a will. Without making a will, AWME, for example, would not benefit from your estate in the event of your death.

Making a will is not difficult, but it does require you to think about what you own and what you want to happen in the event of your death. Whilst you will be secure in your resurrection to a heavenly dwelling, it is important to ensure those left behind are certain of your wishes, and that your estate can achieve your intended works.

Scripture tells us that Jesus was able to do his work because of the generosity of his friends and supporters. A gift in your will is a testament to your commitment to the ministry of Christ and can help to ensure that Andrew Wommack Ministry – Europe continues to share in God’s mission for years to come. Your money can impact people’s lives with the Gospel.

Store your treasures in heaven, where moths and rust cannot destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. Wherever your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.

Matthew 6:20-21 (NLT)

Decisions about making a will, and what to include are not always easy, but making sure that you have your affairs in order can help your loved ones to deal with your loss as it makes your wishes and intentions clear for them to follow.

We would always recommend that good legal advice is taken to prepare your will – even if you think your circumstances are simple, they are very particular to you and making sure you have help to come up with a will that does not just say what you want but sets out the best way for that to be achieved can be invaluable.

Going to see a solicitor can feel like a big deal – but remember they are human too. It is their job to put you at ease and explain everything they say and ask to make sure that you understand it clearly and are comfortable with the decisions you make and the instructions you give for your will.

In advance of making an appointment to make a will, there are some key questions you can think about and some information you can gather which can save you time and money.

The following are key questions to consider toward making or updating your will:

Executors

Who do you want to appoint to be your executors? (Executors are the people legally responsible for gathering in everything you own, paying off any debts you may have and ensuring the wishes in your will are achieved for you).

Children and Guardians

If you have children under 18 years of age, who do you want to appoint to be their guardians if both parents were to have died?

Funeral wishes

Do you have any funeral wishes? If so, what are they?

Specific Items

Are there any specific items you want to leave to someone? How can the items be fully described to enable someone to identify them? Who do you want to leave the items to?

Amounts of Money

Are there any specific amounts of money you want to leave to a person/persons or charity? How much and to whom?

Remains of the Day

What do you want to happen to everything else that is left? Is it all to go to one person or organisation or to a number of different beneficiaries? Do you want everyone you identify to receive the same amount or different amounts – and if different amounts, in what proportions?

Please Note:

When it comes to dividing your estate, using percentages is a great idea – this means that whatever the value of your estate at the date of your death, the beneficiaries you have chosen are treated proportionately as you intended – even if the ‘pot’ they share from is bigger or smaller than you thought it might be.

Your Circumstances

The assets you own or the people you want to benefit might have specific needs to make sure they are best looked after and protected. Taking legal advice can make sure that any unique circumstances can be provided for and give you peace of mind.

Making a gift to Andrew Wommack Ministries Europe – and to charity in general – is good for your estate too. Any gift to charity is free from Inheritance Tax. If you want to leave 10% or more of your estate to charity, then your estate also gets a bonus if it is liable to pay Inheritance Tax, as the rate of Inheritance Tax is reduced from 40% to 36%.

Inheritance tax is charged on the excess value of your estate over an allowance called the Nil Rate Band. At the moment the Nil Rate band is £325,000 but this may change in the future. Any gifts to charity or to someone you are married to are not liable to Inheritance Tax. Any value in your estate over £325,000 that does not pass to charity or a spouse will be liable to inheritance tax at a rate of 40% – or 36% if you have left 10% or more of your estate to charity.

There are two main ways in which you can continue to support our work (and possibly also the work of other charities) under your will.

1. You can leave us a legacy – this is a specific amount of money or a specific item for us to use for our charitable purposes and continued ministry; or

2. You can leave us all of, or a share, in your Residuary Estate – this is what is left after any debts and tax have been paid and any legacies you have included in your will have been paid out.

Any donation to our work – however small or big – helps us work towards our objectives. Should you decide to include Andrew Wommack Ministries – Europe in your will, it would be extremely helpful if you can ensure that the gift to us is made as clear as possible. To aid you with that, we have suggested some wording on the Leaving a Legacy and Leaving a Residuary Estate tabs.

The reason that we ask for your gifts to be really clear is to make sure that:

  • Your Executors know exactly what you want to leave to us – and also that it is us (and not another organisation or person) that you want to provide for;
  • You let us know what we will receive from your estate which will help us plan;
  • You let us know how we can use the money and honour your gift to us appropriately; and
  • You avoid any confusion or arguments about what you want to achieve. This will mean that time and legal costs are saved and your estate can be used fully and quickly in the way you intended.

The General Charitable Purposes of AWME

As a charity, we have a general charitable purpose to serve the public by advancing the Christian faith through any suitable method such as providing teaching on the Gospel of Jesus Christ to anyone and everyone, without reference to their ability to pay. From time to time we may also have specific projects that we are engaged in or that we are raising funds for – for example the establishment of Charis Bible Colleges in new regions.

You can leave funds for us as a charity to use for our general charitable and Gospel sharing works – or you could leave funds to us to use for a specific project or purpose. We would be really grateful if you would consider leaving any gift to us for our general purposes, as this means we will be able to use your money where we think it will best achieve our aims as a charity. The reason we request this is that sometimes, if you were to leave funds to a specific project which we are no longer running, or which is no longer a good use of our resources, we might lose out on your gift.

We want to make sure that the intentions God has given to you for your estate can be followed wherever possible, and therefore we ask you that to express your wishes, if any, as to how you would like us to use your money. We will seek to honour these wherever we can or if we cannot do so directly, we will consider what is the closest use of funds to your original intentions.

If you express your wishes or hopes for the use of funds left to Andrew Wommack Ministries – Europe, rather than those intentions being a binding obligation, it means we can still ensure we are operating efficiently as a charity and using your money in the best possible way at the time we receive it – and we won’t lose out on your generous gift and support.

If you would like to leave a specific amount of money to Andrew Wommack Ministries – Europe, it would be great if you could use the following wording:

“I GIVE the sum of £XXX to ANDREW WOMMACK MINISTRIES – EUROPE (Registered Charity Number : 1124541) of Grace International Centre, Leamore Lane, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 7PS, for its general charitable purposes”

You just need to change £XXX for the amount of money you wish to leave to us.

If you would like to leave a specific item to Andrew Wommack Ministries – Europe, we would be so grateful if you could discuss this with us before including this in your will. All gifts to Andrew Wommack Ministries are welcome, but if you want us to have a particular item, it would be a good idea for you to know whether we can accept it and look after it as you intend for the benefit of the charity.

If the item is too big or would cost Andrew Wommack Ministries – Europe a lot of money to look after or maintain, it might be necessary for us to sell the item and we would like for you to be able to think about this before you make the gift to us – so please call to speak to our Finance Manager or Managing Director on +44 (0)1922 473300.

If you would like to leave Andrew Wommack Ministries a share or percentage of your estate, (after any debts, tax and legacies have been paid), this would be an amazing contribution to the furtherance of our work God has called us to do.

If you are including Andrew Wommack Ministries – Europe alongside other beneficiaries, then you will also need to think about the identity of those other beneficiaries, if they are not all charities. This is because gifts to charity are free from inheritance tax but gifts to non-charities are liable to inheritance tax depending on the value of your estate. Your executors – and we as a charity – need to be clear about how you intend the inheritance tax benefits of leaving a gift to charity to be allocated. This is a complicated area of law and we would strongly advise that you seek legal advice to make sure you will achieves what you wish.

If you are happy for Andrew Wommack Ministries – Europe to have all of the advantages of its tax-free status, then the wording below should assist:

“I GIVE [all of][X% of] the Residue of my estate to ANDREW WOMMACK MINISTRIES – EUROPE (Registered Charity Number : 1124541) of Grace International Centre, Leamore Lane, Walsall, West Midlands, WS2 7PS, for its general charitable purposes AND I DIRECT that the receipt of the Finance Manger or duly authorised officer shall be a valid and appropriate discharge [AND I FURTHER DIRECT that as some (but not all) of the parts of the Residuary Estate will be exempt from Inheritance Tax because of the identity of the beneficiary I DECLARE that the exempt parts are to enjoy the full benefit of the exemption so that as between an exempt part and a non-exempt part the former is (if Inheritance Tax is payable in respect of my estate) to be of a larger net value than the later, and the latter is not to be grossed up in order to produce a net equality of value.]”

The words included in square brackets may not be needed if Andrew Wommack Ministries – Europe is your only beneficiary, or if all of your beneficiaries are charities, but this draft wording should assist your solicitor in preparing a will that reflects your wishes.

Power of Attorney

A Power of Attorney is a document whereby you, as the person making the Power (and called the donor) appoint a person or people to be able to act on your behalf, if you are unable to do so for any reason. The people you appoint are called attorneys.

There are 4 types of Power of Attorney although one type – the Enduring Power of Attorney – can no longer be made, but you may already have one in place which is still valid.

We recommend that you carefully consider putting suitable Powers of Attorney in place as they can really help you and those who care for you to deal with things quickly and easily if need arose. They are particularly useful if you were to lose the ability to do things for yourself in the future e.g. due to illness or injury.

What sorts of Power of Attorney are there?

General Power of Attorney (GPA)

A GPA allows you to appoint a person or people to action your decisions for you if you are unable to do so. They are really useful if, for example, you are going to be away on holiday but are dealing with a property purchase or sale. In your absence, a GPA enables someone else to sign on your behalf but only where you make all the decisions and direct them as to what to do. In effect it is a document that appoints your attorneys to be your agent.

If you lose capacity, a GPA can no longer be used as the attorneys have no decision making powers.

An Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA)

These are only relevant if they were made and signed prior to 1 October 2007 as they have now been replaced by Lasting Power of Attorney. However, if you or someone you know already has an EPA in place, it can continue to be used.

An EPA enables the appointed attorneys to deal with the donor’s property and financial matters. Whilst the donor has capacity, the EPA operates a bit like a GPA – with the attorneys able to act for the donor if that is helpful. If and when the donor loses capacity, the attorneys can then take over decision making for the donor – and the EPA must be registered at that time with the Office of the Public Guardian.

Lasting Power of Attorney for Property and Finances (LPAF)

An LPAF enables your appointed attorneys to act on behalf of the donor, and if the donor loses capacity it enables them to take over decision making for the donor. They are really useful documents as they enable your financial affairs to continue to be managed for the donors benefit – even through the donor themselves can no longer manage their finances.

An LPAF has to be registered with the Office of the Public Guardian before it can be used. It enables the donor to choose who is appointed to act on their behalf – and also to consider how they are appointed and how decisions must be made for them. For example, if more than one attorney is appointed, do they all need to act together or is the donor happy for any one of them to act on their own?

The LPAF also enables the donor to include any guidance or requirements that are important to them e.g. asking them to ensure that payments to charities they support continue for as long as possible or that accounts are regularly produced and information is shared with other people if that was important.

Lasting Power of Attorney for Health, Care and Welfare

You can also make an LPA to appoint your attorneys to be able to make decisions about your health, care and welfare matters. This LPA can ONLY be used if the donor cannot make the decision for themselves and again it must be registered with the Office of the Public Guardian.

This LPA means that you can appoint your attorneys to speak on your behalf about the medical treatment you might receive, where you might live or even whether or not you have life sustaining treatment. It enables you to appoint someone to speak on your behalf regarding your care and your health when you are no longer able to do so.

How do I make a Lasting Power of Attorney?

When appointing an attorney, there is a lot to think about to make sure you appoint the person or people with the right skills and give them the right powers to help you as much as you may need. We would always recommend that you take appropriate legal advice to make sure that your individual circumstances are best protected. More information on how to make LPAs can be found at https://www.gov.uk/power-of-attorney

Should you any have further questions, please call to speak to our Finance Manager or Managing Director on +44 (0)1922 473300.