The State of Church Giving through 2021: Intentional Miracles is the thirty-third edition in empty tomb, inc.’s State of Church Giving series. The book is available at Wipf and Stock, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.
Churches and military chapels across the nation are experiencing a surge in their expressions of patriotism at this time of the year, due to recent celebrations of Memorial Day and preparations for the 4th of July.
Many church leaders think that the “wage and hour” laws, and particularly overtime pay rules, do not apply to churches. That could not be further from the truth.
The latest numbers from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) reveals a pace in charitable giving to Christian ministries that is mostly steady, however, due to inflation and other factors, dips for the first time in a decade.
When Ed Van Buskirk, received the ‘green light’ from his bishop, The Most Rev. James V. Johnston Jr. of Kansas City-St. Joseph to bring the Ten Commandments back in every classroom and church in his diocese, he knew he made the right decision selling his successful tech business in 2017 to devote his life’s work to sharing God’s truths as a solution for a Godless culture that’s hit an all-time low—both spiritually and morally.
The Supreme Court of Canada has declined to hear appeals from churches in Ontario and British Columbia that challenged pandemic restrictions on in-person worship. The churches had been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for violating gathering limits.
