Black Church Giving

Barnes, Sandra L.

doi:10.1177/2158244013490706

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“…Religious traditions that utilize the tithe model, where individuals donate 10% of their salary to the congregation, do not have the same assurance. In fact, some studies on finances and faith report that many families give significantly below the desired 10% (Barnes, 2013;Marks, Dollahite, & Baumgarter, 2010). As a result, it is important that clergy understand who the potential givers are and form alliances with them to ensure continued support (Donahue, 1994;Hoge & Yang, 1994).…”

Section: Organizational Fiscal Dependencymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…After reviewing the results, we found that characteristics such as donors (ranked 9 th out of 40), high SES (ranked 33 rd ), social connections (ranked 34 th ) and wealth (ranked 39 th ). It is logical that the donors would be among the top-third of the 40 characteristics, as congregations depend on the consistent monetary gifts from congregants (Barnes, 2013;Freeburg, 2016). As expected, donors were rated high among the characteristics of valued members.…”

Section: Prosperity Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Personality, Prosperity, Priority, Productivity, and Piety: Selecting Congregational Valued Lay Leaders

Cnaan,

Scott

2021

Journal of Health and Human Services Administration

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Religious congregations are community hubs of welfare and health services. They are known mostly for their spiritual and faith-based activities while being the largest providers of social care with the exception of social welfare services. Their leaders, the clergy, do not work alone. Members that work alongside clergy are essential for the congregation’s functioning but are under-researched, which limits our understanding of the inner workings of local religious congregations. In this exploratory study, we surveyed clergy to assess the characteristics possessed by their most trusted congregants—the valued members. This study helps to better understand the organizational behavior and an overall understanding of congregational members, who work most closely with clergy. We used an online survey of clergy across religious traditions within the United States (N=202), who provided personal data and described their valued members’ collective characteristics. Alongside our conceptual literature review, the findings identified five key groups: Personality, Prosperity, Priority, Productivity, and Piety. Overall, the valued members ranked highest were high on productivity and lowest on prosperity. We also found differences between clergy ranking based on their age, gender, and religion.

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Section: Organizational Fiscal Dependencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Prosperity Characteristicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Personality, Prosperity, Priority, Productivity, and Piety: Selecting Congregational Valued Lay Leaders

Cnaan,

Scott

2021

Journal of Health and Human Services Administration

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“…In addition, scholars have also studied how the cultures of religious institutions have shaped giving and volunteering, at the level of denominational or religious tradition, as well as the specific local congregation and community level (Barnes 2013;McClure 2017). A few studies have focused on questions of resource development outside the United States, such as Bekkers and Schuyt (2008) in the Netherlands, and some anthropological studies have focused on global networks and local realities of the prosperity gospel that promise a return to individuals of health and wealth for giving to God (e.g., Haynes 2012; Griffiths-Dingani 2012).…”

Section: Meso-level Religion Giving and Volunteeringmentioning

confidence: 99%

Religiosity and Generosity: Multi-Level Approaches to Studying the Religiousness of Prosocial Actions

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This paper provides a meta-analysis of the intersection of (a) religiosity and spirituality with (b) generosity, philanthropy, nonprofits, and prosociality. The study is informed by three informational sources, chronologically: (1) informational interviews with scholars and practitioners based within and studying regions outside of the U.S. and Western Europe; (2) discovery search of purposefully selected extant publications, especially focusing on the last decade of contemporary scholarship; and (3) systematic search of relevant peer-reviewed publication outlets since 2010. Reviewed publications are categorized by level of analysis into macro, meso, and micro approaches. Across each level and source, publications are also geo-tagged for their geographic scope. Particular attention is paid to the under-studied world regions of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. The results reveal that Asia is the most studied and Latin America the least studied, and that meso-level approaches are the most common while micro-level are the least common. Additionally, a map of publication counts reveals within-region inequalities by country. Implications of the analysis are drawn for future studies, particularly ways to advance this interdisciplinary field.

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“…Money also forms an integral part of churches globally. During church gatherings, some important elements are offerings and tithing (11). Interestingly, a worshipping congregation consists of individuals from all walks of life.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dirty Money on Holy Ground: Isolation of Potentially Pathogen-ic Bacteria and Fungi on Money Collected from Church Offer-ings

Abia¹,

Ubomba-Jaswa²

2019

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Background: Fomites (including money) can transmit diseases to humans. How the nature of money influences contamination has not been adequately demonstrated. Moreover, such studies in church settings are non-existent. Thus, we studied how money collected from a church could serve as human disease transmission vehicles. Methods: Overall, 284 money samples (currency notes and coins) were collected during two Sundays in the months of Nov and Dec 2015 from a church congregation in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The presence of potentially pathogenic bacteria and fungi were investigated using culture (Colilert® method) and molecular methods (Sanger sequencing). Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) was used to visualize the possible positions of the bacteria on various parts of a currency note. Results: Of the 192 samples (first sampling round), 76 (39.6%) were positive for E. coli. Smaller notes (R10) recorded the highest E. coli counts per note. Of the 92 notes analyzed for potentially pathogenic bacteria and fungi (second sampling round), 76 (82%) showed growth on at least one of the six culture media used. Sequencing revealed three bacterial (Bacillus, Staphylococcus and Corynebacterium) and two fungal (Clavispora and Rhodotorula) genera. SEM revealed that microorganisms could enter cracks of creased notes. Conclusion: Unlike previous studies conducted where recent contamination could occur, the current study shows that microorganisms can survive on money; samples were collected from a church, where little or no exchange takes place. Moreover, using SEM demonstrates that aged and creased notes favor attachment of bacteria to money and could be of public health concern by transmitting disease within a given population.

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Black Church Giving

Cited by 8 publications

References 27 publications

Personality, Prosperity, Priority, Productivity, and Piety: Selecting Congregational Valued Lay Leaders

Personality, Prosperity, Priority, Productivity, and Piety: Selecting Congregational Valued Lay Leaders

Religiosity and Generosity: Multi-Level Approaches to Studying the Religiousness of Prosocial Actions

Dirty Money on Holy Ground: Isolation of Potentially Pathogen-ic Bacteria and Fungi on Money Collected from Church Offer-ings

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