Northview Church in Indiana asks itself regularly: What would happen if the church packed up and left the state? Would anybody notice? Would anybody care? It turns out, people who owed $4 million in medical debt would.
Religious donations dropped nearly $2 billion last year, reversing a years-long trend of steady growth, according to the Giving USA Foundation’s annual report on philanthropy.
Most Protestant churchgoers believe that giving 10 percent of their income is a biblical requirement they should follow but they define the practice of tithing in a variety of ways, a new survey shows.
The more frequently a household attends worship services, the more likely its members donate to religious institutions, and give generously, new research shows.
Rookie quarterback of the Houston Texans Deshaun Watson did something very selfless with his first NFL paycheck: he gave the money to the women who work at the team’s cafeteria.