Financial Crisis
- 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|
- How Seminary Downsizing Cuts into CommunitySelling a residential campus comes at the cost of embodied fellowship.Kirsten Sanders|
- 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|
- Where the Wartime Stock Market Is, There Your Heart Will Be AlsoPutin’s war on Ukraine has thrown the world into economic crisis. How should Christians lament the financial fallout?Will Sorrell|
- 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|
- Giving Down by Half in Church of God in ChristNew presiding bishop says budget is top priority for the black Pentecostal denomination.Daniel Silliman|
- How Black-Owned Businesses Bless AtlantaChristian entrepreneurs promote a new economic narrative in a city plagued by wealth gaps.Terasha Burrell|
- How Megachurches Spent Coronavirus Relief FundsReligious groups got $7.3B in forgivable loans. That financial security helped ministry teams focus.Luke Scorziell |
