By far, the largest amount of charitable giving in the United States on a year-by-year basis is to religious causes. So, should we be concerned if we see shifts in certain factors surrounding this area of philanthropy?
Maybe so. The alarm sounded with the recent release of a study by the Indiana University Center [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Tithing’
July 10, 2008
Reflecting on Declines in Giving to Religion
May 28, 2008
Soap and Toothpaste–A Testimony About Giving
I ran across an old book the other day, Spiritual Life Through Tithing by Ernest Thomas. As I glanced through the book I saw a brief paragraph about William Colgate, the founder of the Colgate-Polmalive Company, maker of soaps and dental-care products. I thought it might be useful to share this paragraph from the [...]