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- Willow Creek Cuts Staff Budget by $6.5 MillionDuring the pandemic, just a couple years after Bill Hybels’s resignation, attendance at the Chicago-area megachurch fell by half.Bob Smietana - Religion News Service|
- Gordon-Conwell to Sell Main Campus, Move to BostonAfter a decade of enrollment decline, leaders began to see the seminary’s biggest financial asset as a liability. They hope relocation could be the big change they need.Daniel Silliman|
- Facing Financial Challenges, TEDS Cuts Faculty PositionsThe number of full-time students at the evangelical seminary has dropped 44 percent in 20 years.Daniel Silliman|
- Embezzlement Bedevils Global Church GivingExperts project fraud will cost Christian ministries $170 billion in 2050.Daniel Silliman|简体中文繁體中文
- State of Giving: Pandemic Trends Defy Ministry ExpectationsCamps and conferences, a sector that had been dramatically affected by COVID-19 shutdowns, actually saw the biggest boost in funds and historic levels of support.Kate Shellnutt|
- Most Pastors Say 2021 Giving Is on TrackBut those who waited longer to resume in-person worship, such as in mainline and African American traditions, still see severe declines in the offering plate.Aaron Earls - Lifeway Research|
- With Pandemic Tithes Up, Churches Pay Back Millions in Stimulus FundsIt’s not just Lakewood. So far, 99 Christian orgs have repaid their Paycheck Protection Program loans.Bob Smietana - Religion News Service|
- RZIM Donors Fight to See If Their Funds Enabled AbuseA federal judge declined to expedite discovery, but lawyers will ask for 17 years of financial records and hundreds of thousands of documents.Daniel Silliman|
- How T.D. Jakes and Local Churches Became Affordable Housing DevelopersThe current crisis has led faith groups in Atlanta and beyond to see the market as part of their ministry.Jacqueline J. Holness in Atlanta|
- Even When Money Is Tight, Churches Have More Resources Than They RealizeHow “redemptive entrepreneurship” can multiply the impact of cash-strapped ministries.Paul Glader|
