Money Isn't the Answer

My friend told me that, after a long conversation. A conversation I have over and over again, every time I read statistics: "Money isn't the answer." But it is such a nice, convenient answer. Here:

• Tithers make up only 10-25 percent of a normal congregation. 
• Only 5 percent of the U.S. tithes, with 80 percent of Americans only giving 2 percent of their income. 
• Christians are only giving at 2.5 percent per capita, while during the Great Depression they gave at a 3.3 percent rate. 
• If those who called themselves Christians tithed, there would be an additional $165 billion for churches to use and distribute. 

Then look at this: 

• $25 billion could relieve global hunger, starvation and deaths from preventable diseases in five years.
• $12 billion could eliminate illiteracy in five years. 
• $15 billion could solve the world’s water and sanitation issues, specifically at places in the world where 1 billion people live on less than $1 per day. 
• $1 billion could fully fund all overseas mission work.
• $100 – $110 billion would still be left over for additional ministry expansion.

http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/church/what-would-happen-if-church-tithed