Monday, December 27, 2004

Journal Gazette | 12/25/2004 | Collection plate use dwindling

Journal Gazette | 12/25/2004 | Collection plate use dwindling: "Collection plate use dwindling

By Rosa Salter

The Journal Gazette


With the advent of the Christmas season, many Christians are exhorted to open their hearts to the needs of their churches and the less fortunate.
However, their wallets haven�t always opened as well.
A major new report finds that members of two large American Protestant groups gave a smaller portion of their after-tax income to their churches in 2002 than in 1968."

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