finances
For New Year’s resolutions, better health ranks higher than God, family or money
By Bob Smietana — December 28, 2021
(RNS) — About a quarter of Americans say they want to work on their finances and relationship with God, according to a new Lifeway Research survey.
Gordon-Conwell seminary alumni and staff protest loss of Black professor
By Adelle M. Banks — July 13, 2021
(RNS) — ‘We understand that these are times of tight finances, but as Scripture says that where our treasure is, there our heart will be also,’ wrote his supporters.
Will COVID-19 finally be the end of the church collection plate?
By Bob Smietana — April 22, 2021
(RNS) — COVID-19 and the rise of a cashless society may make passing the collection plate, which once was crucial to church finances, less important.
Churches use political pressure, small-dollar loans to fight predatory payday lending
By Mark A. Kellner — November 13, 2018
(RNS) — Congregations are helping people avoid — or dig out from — exorbitant debt obligations by providing an alternative.
Church-run credit unions keep the faith despite challenges
By Katelyn Ferral — October 30, 2018
(RNS) — They are a distinct dimension of the credit union industry, offering a consumer-focused alternative to payday lenders and impersonal larger banks — along with shared religious beliefs.
Vatican denounces offshore tax havens as harming the poor
By Nicole Winfield — May 17, 2018
(AP) — The Vatican is denouncing offshore tax havens and financial instruments such as derivatives and credit default swaps as gravely immoral and unjust, calling them 'ticking time bombs' that hurt the world’s poor the most.
Vatican unexpectedly suspends independent financial audit
By David Gibson — April 21, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) The surprise move raises questions about Pope Francis' efforts to clean up Vatican finances.
Big churches, big bucks: Southern senior pastors take top salaries
By Adelle M. Banks — September 9, 2014
(RNS) Warren Bird, research director at Leadership Network, said pastors have long held a lofty place of authority in the South, and that may be why they are paid more in that region.
Partisan fighting spells trouble for church insurance under Obamacare
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — August 8, 2013
(RNS) House Republicans have voted 40 times to repeal Obamacare, so observers see little hope of passing a bill to fix a gap in health care reform that poses problems for clergy in church insurance plans.
After a year of exile, anti-abortion priest Frank Pavone is back with eyes set on Obama, bishops
By David Gibson — October 15, 2012
NEW YORK (RNS) A year ago, the Rev. Frank Pavone was facing an existential crisis. Confined to a convent in Texas, the longtime anti-abortion activist was fighting accusations of financial mismanagement. Now Pavone is back with a new mission: defeating Barack Obama and making Priests for Life answerable only to Rome. By David Gibson.
COMMENTARY: Let’s hold the wealthy and powerful accountable
By Tom Ehrich — July 31, 2012
(RNS) Instead of turning on each other, as the wealthy and powerful want us to do, let's name the bad and incompetent behavior of the wealthy and powerful - and hold them accountable. By Tom Ehrich.
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