Have you ever calculated the percentage your church spends on those outside its walls? For the first time, I researched giving at several churches. What I found surprised me. Churches I examined were giving 1-2% of their budgets to benevolence, outreach, missions, and ministry partnerships. I believe individual church members are giving more, but...
NPR: Not Our Normal Audience
I recently had two great opportunities to talk about HOPE’s work on NPR member stations, WHYY Radio, based in Philadelphia, and witf, based in Harrisburg. NPR is not my regular venue, and I was thrilled with the opportunity to talk about HOPE in this setting. I am used to speaking at churches, Christian business conferences,...
What the World Wants
What is on everyone’s mind? Jim Clifton, chairman and CEO of Gallup, claims he has the answer. Take a look at an excerpt of Clifton’s The Coming Jobs War, based on Gallup’s World Poll—where he argues that “more than anything else” people are concerned about finding a job. Clifton concludes, “…people want to have...