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"PLUS: The Neighborhood's Last, Best Hope"

American congregations give more to society than they get from it

Ram A. Cnaan | posted 2/01/2003 12:00AM

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Adapted from The Invisible Caring Hand by Ram A. Cnaan.

Showing the Money If an average congregation were to charge for its social services, this would be its monthly bill.
In-kind support	$390
Cost of utilities	569
Financial support	1,989
Clergy @ $20 hr.	2,030
Staff @ $10 hr.	2,255
Volunteers @ $11.58 hr.	7,019
Value of space	2,891
Total expense	$17,143
Cash support	239
In-kind support	1,597
Total Outside support	1,836
Net value	$15,307

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Tallying Compassion | Everybody knows congregations do good work. Ram Cnaan tells us what it's worth.

The Invisible Caring Hand: American Congregations and the Provision of Welfare is available at Amazon.com.

Christianity Today sister publication Books & Culture ran a different edit of Agnieszka Tennant's interview with Ram Cnaan and a review of the book.

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