Donations and churches have an unbreakable bond. They pay salaries, keep operations running, and plan outreach efforts for causes important to your congregation. Platforms likeDacast’schurch live streaming solutioncan help in this respect and encourage contributions from online viewers. By usinglive-st...
We have started a survey among nuns across the country to study the exploitations women religious face, such as an unfair salary system prevailing in dioceses where sisters work. The survey will study the salaries nuns receive in comparison with laypeople and priests in diocesan projects for the ...
“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.” And in case they still don’t get it (which they don’t!), he concludes, “This bread is my flesh! I will give it for the life of the world!” ...
For both within and without, the church is instructed: “Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness sin high...
salaries. The Catholic clergy sold off stuff from their churches to raise money. Unfortunately during their occupation the Latins failed to repair all the damage they had done to the district in the assault. Many historic and beautiful buildings that might have been restored were lost through ...
Salaries for support staff at Catholic parishes are equivalent to those of Protestant churches, but both "often fall below the just wage," Daly says.But pay and benefits aren't the only concerns. "I usually don't hear about money as the first thing," says Schwartz of the teachers union...
Church Worker Urges Churches to Raise Staff Salaries Rather Than Fundraise for Them “Does the church care about workers? On a personal level, I think many leaders and pastors care deeply. However, the care and support system for workers is incomplete or poorly implemented," said Joshua, a ...
motivates them in the rest of life. “What does this church … or that church have to offer me? Whichever one offers to meet my needs, I will go there.” Even the term “Church Service” no longer means, “A place where I can serve” but rather, “A place where I am served.”...
Early congregations in the New World anchored struggling families through settlement, wars and the Great Depression. Shouldn’t we thrive with today’s affluence? The Church cannot sustain the corporate church model. What comes first in corporate thinking? Salaries, benefits and property. Congregation...
The standard American church is filled with people whose decisions about education have been informed by their socio-economic standing and not by their theology. We learn because it pays – through qualifications, jobs, and the consequent salaries. We don’t learn as a form of worship. I would...