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Monday, October 17, 2011

Mainline churches on their next to last leg?


Report says tithing, church spending hit record low


via The Washington Post

“Churches on the whole are continuing to spend more on current members and less on the larger mission of the church and cutting back on missionaries,” said Ronsvalle. 
Ronsvalle even goes so far as to suggest “if a church is turning inward and valuing the happiness of its members” over service to others, “it is moving on a spectrum toward pagan values.” 
The bottom line: U.S. churches seem to be more concerned with their own needs and their own desires over the needs of others.