An Atlanta family has received a lot of publicity for their decision to sell their big home, buy a smaller one and use the profits to help those in need.  The Salwen family says it all started when their 14-year-old daughter Hannah became upset with the unequal chances for people based on their wealth.  By [...]

Rolling Hills Baptist Church in Fayetteville, GA has received a lot of press lately for the decision to sell its brand new building and use the money to take care of those in need in the community. The $1.4 million dollar new facility is nearly paid off, but the congregation overwhelmingly voted to put the [...]

A couple of months ago, ESPN did a story on professional athletes and their tithing habits.
Famous boxer Evander Holyfield was one of the athletes profiled.  He’s given millions of dollars to his church (which faces some controversy of its own, but let’s set that aside for now).  At the same time, his mansion in Georgia [...]

True or False: No Christian should make a six-figure salary. If she does, she should give anything above $100,000 to churches and charities. Anything else is bad stewardship.
I say TRUE. In fact, when most of the world lives on two dollars a day, having a salary at all qualifies as filthy rich.
(Reminder: Quick Thought is [...]

I recently read an article in the USA Today about how the mortgage meltdown is trickling down to churches.  The story starts off talking about a D.C. area church that was building a 3,000 seat, $30 million facility.  They had already sold and moved out of the old building when all of the funding for [...]

Is the current economic crisis a godsend for churches and evangelists?
It sounds a bit callous to phrase it like that, but a NYT article last week reported that church attendance is up in the wake of the ongoing economic downturn:
...since September, pastors nationwide say they have seen such a burst of new interest that they [...]

Here’s an interesting response to the worldwide financial crisis from The Wesleyan Church:
The Board of General Superintendents of The Wesleyan Church calls upon the Church to renew its demonstrations of being the people of God in the world. In financially troubled times, we call upon Wesleyans to lead lives that are disciplined, generous, prayerful, courageous [...]

We’ve all read about the rather lamentable state of tithing in America; it’s a subject that’s come up once or twice before here at TC. I recently had a conversation with a friend that made me rethink my own tithing habits. My friend is a deacon at a well-attended local church that, I’d heard, is [...]

Here’s a little follow-up to the post about Black Friday.  This video has been floating around the internet.  The group Advent Conspiracy is hoping to send the message that “Christmas can still change the word.”

When should we give? Is giving more important than taking care of our own debts?

That was the topic of Jeff Klein’s Walk the Way video blog a few weeks back, and while it didn’t specifically address the current economic situation, it definitely got me thinking. Right now, my wife and I are living comfortably. Sure, [...]