Thursday, May 12, 2011

Americans Become Stingy with Church Donations; Recession Blamed for 24 Percent Giving Nothing

The Christian Post website reports that a new study has found that Americans have cut back on donations and tithing to churches, as a result of the economic recession.

The latest study -- released on May 10, 2011 by Barna Research -- shows three out of ten Americans are reducing their giving to churches.

Americans who were most likely to reduce donations to churches were Baby Boomers, lower income households, residents living in the northeast, and those who identify themselves as Christians but are only moderately involved with a church, according to the study.

About a quarter of Americans -- 24 percent -- shut their wallets altogether and stopped all giving to churches. Another 17 percent reduced their giving by half of what they had been giving before the current recession began.

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