What are Christian Seminaries and Intellectuals Thinking – Or are they?
- 24th Edition, October 2014
- ISBN: 978-0-9843665-4-5
- By: John L. Ronsvalle and Sylvia Ronsvalle
Topics Include:
- An analysis of church giving patterns in the U.S. updated through 2012, based on aggregated congregational reports.
- An original survey of denominational overseas missions income, 2003-2012.
- An updated review of giving potential of church members in the U.S., including all church members, and for various church populations.
- An analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey 2012, cash contributions to charitable causes.
- A discussion of the need for a categorical shift in the way the church in the U.S. understands money. Five realities missed by Christian seminaries and intellectuals are explored: 1) The potential of the church; 2) Pastors are preaching to congregations filled with not the poor but the rich; 3) Money is a spiritual power; 4) Bigness and the illusion of powerlessness; 5) Seminaries and intellectuals must lead.
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