[lbo-talk] Re: plagarism watch

Michael Pugliese michael098762001 at earthlink.net
Fri Dec 24 15:56:14 PST 2004


On Fri, 24 Dec 2004 17:32:55 -0600, Chuck0 <chuck at mutualaid.org> wrote:


> On a related note--I noticed that there was a question in that religious
> survey sent to the list that had a question about tithing. Evidently
> churches see similar low percentages when it comes to people giving
> money.
http://www.google.com/search?q=tithing+american+churches http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/newsletter/2003/jun6.html
> ...Barna's data shows that only 3 percent of adults contributed 10
> percent of their 2002 income to churches, which marks a 62 percent
> decrease from 2001 when 8 percent of American adults tithed. Among
> born-again Christians, the decline was similarly steep, from 14 percent
> in 2001 to 6 percent in 2002. Barna attributes the sudden drop to a
> variety of factors, including the soft economy and ongoing terrorism
> threat. But he also pegs shifting church demographics—younger adults
> don't share their parents' and grandparents' convictions about tithing.

-- Michael Pugliese



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