Biblical Giving the Wealthy Way
The Church in America has in the last hundred years been very stingy in its giving. The average “tithe” in the Church was at its highest during the Great Depression - over 2%. Now I’m not sure how one can call that a “tithe” since a “tithe” is literally 10%. It’s more a “tight” than a “tithe”! During the more prosperous decade of the 80’s I heard that the “tight” was below 2%. It is said by many that if the Church in America alone were to just “TITHE” (10%) it would liberate billions and maybe a trillion dollars into the kingdom of God. We could reach the last tribe, and the difficult areas of the world with the Gospel — if we did not spend that money on our own buildings and inflated salaries. One of the reasons we are not able to give with such liberality is that most of the church (the people) is enslaved to the credit card companies and banks. But that’s another topic I will write about in a future blog.
One bright light on the horizon is an uprising of wealthy, inspired entrepreneurs and businessmen with a vision for the Kingdom of God. They are able to give not just 10% but 90% or even more. Today I heard one such man explaining his vision to fund the building of 100 orphanages to the tune of over 3.5 million dollars. Not only that he is rapidly recruiting other businessmen to build 400 more. That comes to a total of 17.5 million at 35,000 each. He is already well over halfway to his goal, and I expect that he will not only reach that soon, but will surpass it.
Can you imagine what would happen if we all caught a vision for giving like that? For more stories about giving please contact me for a free copy of “Givers, the Magazine”. I only have a limited number available so its first come first served.
