In Sermon Illustrations: "Gifts Giving"

Televangelists Devote Less Time To Fundraising ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Televangelists devote less time to fundraising than commercial TV does airing commercials, according to Stephen Winzenburg, Grand View College. On average, televangelists use 17% of their airtime fundraising and promoting their ...read more

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State Of Giving: 83% Of U.s. Adults Donated Money ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

State Of Giving: 83% of U.S. adults donated money to one or more non-profit organizations last year. The rate has remained stable for the last 10 years. Barna Research Group found the least likely donors were under the age 25, never attended college, residents of the Northeast, atheists and ...read more

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Christianity Today (5/05) Reports The Value Of ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Christianity Today (5/05) reports the value of hours U.S. volunteers worked in ’04 is $272 billion at $17.55 per ...read more

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Online Donations To The Biggest U.s. Charities ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Online Donations to the biggest U.S. charities surged 63% last year from ‘03, finds a new Chronicle of Philanthropy study. The 164 groups surveyed raised a combined $166.2 million online. That is less than 1% of the total raised by most of the charities, but the growth will spur more online ...read more

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U.s. Individuals Out Give G8: The G8 Has Proposed ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

U.S. Individuals Out Give G8: The G8 has proposed to cut debt among some African nations by giving up to $40 billion. That is a lot of money, but far less than the $249 billion given to charity by individuals, and corporations in ’04. Of this, $88 billion went to religious organizations. The Barna ...read more

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The Evangelical Council For Financial ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability reports that the combined income of their 1,177 non-profit ministry members is $14 billion. ...read more

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Greeting Card Market Data • 86% Of The U.s. ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Greeting Card Market Data • 86% of the U.S. population buys greeting cards. 80% of shoppers will need a card in the next two weeks. • 91 million U.S. households buy greeting cards. • The average Christian consumer has purchased more than 4 cards in the last 3 months. • Every card ...read more

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Wal-Mart Donated $1 Million And Several Secure ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Wal-Mart donated $1 million and several secure servers to the Salvation Army to help Katrina victims. (Foster ...read more

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50% Of Fortune 500 Companies Have Policies ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

50% of Fortune 500 companies have policies prohibiting them from giving to faith-based groups. (Foster ...read more

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U.s. Charitable Giving Rose 11.6% In '04 Over ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

U.S. charitable giving rose 11.6% in ’04 over ’03, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. The United Way topped the list with $3.9 billion received followed by The Salvation Army at ...read more

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Don Quixote De La Mancha  PRO

Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jan 27, 2006

Have you ever heard the story of DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA? Don Quixote was called the KNIGHT OF THE SORROWFUL COUNTENANCE! Don Quixote was a knight, he had a horse, he had full armor, and knew important people. Don seemed to have some mental problems. Don decided to go to battle, he grabbed his ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 6:12

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Denomination: Assembly Of God

13 Million Americans Made Donations Online After ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

13 million Americans made donations online after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. 7 million set up their own hurricane relief efforts using the ...read more

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A 1% Difference According To George Barna's ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

A 1% Difference According to George Barna’s annual giving survey, the typical Christian gives approximately 3% of gross income to charitable causes. It is estimated that a 1% increase in giving in American churches would result in approximately $20 billion per year in ...read more

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Redirected Donations: In An October Guidestar ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Redirected Donations: In an October Guidestar survey of nonprofit organizations nearly 80% believed ‘05 natural disasters will cause their end-of-year contributions to be flat or down. In a separate survey conducted by four philanthropy consulting firms, 32% of donors said they diverted some of ...read more

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59 Million Americans (Mostly Women) Performed ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

59 million Americans (mostly women) performed volunteer work between 9/01 and 9/02. (Foster Letter ...read more

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In '00, 44% Of Adults Did Volunteer Work ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

In ’00, 44% of adults did volunteer work contributing an average of 15 hours per month. (Foster ...read more

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Cynicism Undermines Trust: Paul Nelson, President ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Cynicism Undermines Trust: Paul Nelson, President of ECFA, recently quoted Public Sector Research finds that “Pubic confidence in charities is up—but the trust in those charities to carry out ...read more

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Empty Tomb Reports Evangelical And Mainline ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Empty Tomb reports evangelical and mainline churchgoers averaged giving just 4% of their earnings to their churches last year. ...read more

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The Chronicle Of Philanthropy Reports The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports the percentage of Americans who donated to charity declined from 87% in ’01 to 77% in ’02. ...read more

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Generous & Stingy Givers According To The ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Jan 27, 2006

Generous & Stingy Givers According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, the most generous people in the nation live in Salt Lake City, giving nearly 15% of their discretionary income, mostly to the Mormon Church. Others in the top 5 most-giving cities were Grand Rapids (10%), Minneapolis, ...read more

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