Tag: church giving
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Card Swipes in Church Make Giving Easier
New York Times: Card Swipes in Church Make Giving Easier … Whatever people pay, however, it hasn’t always been easy for administrators and lay leaders to get them to donate regularly and increase their contributions each year, no matter their faith. Over the last decade or so, entrepreneurs have seized on the opening and tried…
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My Nightmarish Vision From God This Morning
During my quiet time this morning, I received this disturbing vision from the Lord: And the citizens of the United States cried out, “How long, Oh Lord! How long shall we endure this presidential campaign!” And behold an angel of the Lord appeared and said, “The tribulation shall be two weeks of weeks, fourteen weeks…
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Churches, charities not in competition for dollars
RNS: Churches, charities not in competition for dollars (RNS) Houses of worship and other charities often aren't in competition for dollars but instead tend to reap donations from similar donors, a new study shows. Slightly more than 50 percent of people who financially supported congregations also gave to at least one charitable organization in the…
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Faithful more careful in giving to others
Grand Rapids Press: Faithful more careful in giving to others (HT: Ted Gossard) An annual study of church giving shows activities focused outside the congregation increasingly go unfunded as donations decline. The authors contend U.S. Christianity is becoming a "maintenance organization" that soon will have zero financial capacity for external ministry if the trends continue.…