Teaching Christians about giving makes them give more, says survey
Howard Lake | 5 January 2006 | News
Church leaders who regularly teach their congregations about giving can expect to find more money in their collection plates, according to a new survey.
Christians whose churches teach that people should give at least 10% to church or charity give an extra 26%, compared to people whose churches do not teach this. The survey also found that the more often a church teaches about giving, the more people give.
The ‘Money Management’ survey of 1,200 evangelical Christians, from all the main Protestant denominations, such as Anglican, Baptist and the Salvation Army, was sponsored by Kingdom Bank. Some of the questions were framed by the Stewardship Forum of the Evangelical Alliance, which helps Christians develop their understanding and practice of biblical principles of stewardship.
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.