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God cares a lot about money, say faith finance groups, and maybe you should too
By Bob Smietana — February 9, 2021
(RNS) — Faith-based financial ministries teach the basic nuts and bolts techniques needed to handle money and then give people the inspiration needed to put those techniques to work.
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.
Churchgoers say gifts to charity, needy count as tithing
By Adelle M. Banks — May 10, 2018
(RNS) — 'For many churchgoers, tithing is just another term for generosity,' said LifeWay Research's Scott McConnell.
Church of England goes cashless for worshippers’ contributions
By Catherine Pepinster — April 2, 2018
LONDON (RNS) — Contactless payment machines will first be used for funeral fees, wedding notices and, eventually, for the weekly offering to the collection.
Is bitcoin permissible in Islam? Muslims disregard clerics’ warnings and invest
By Umar Farooq — March 8, 2018
ISTANBUL (RNS) — Religious rulings call bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies haram, or prohibited in Islam. But some people worry religious scholars do not have all the facts about how the currencies work, which might be closer to the Quranic conception of money than they realize.
Synagogues are not Kmart
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 10, 2017
Synagogues need money. Israel -- yes, Israel -- can help.
‘In God We Trust’ license plates hit Tennessee pothole
By Kimberly Winston — March 29, 2017
(RNS) Tennessee's attorney general raises constitutional concerns about mandatory license plates.
Black Southern Baptists: ‘We are pulling for Dr. Moore’
By Adelle M. Banks — March 14, 2017
(RNS) With 81 percent of white evangelicals supporting Trump in the November election and Southern Baptists striving to improve on their history that includes a defense of slavery, the questions roiling around Moore have included matters of race.
Ministries and money: Christian charities that use your money wisely
By Steve Rabey — November 23, 2016
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (RNS) Nearly a third of the $373 billion that Americans donated to charity last year went to religious organizations.
Reality TV’s ‘The Briefcase’ looks at line between need, greed
By Adelle M. Banks — June 12, 2015
(RNS) Financially strapped families must decide whether to keep $100,000 all for themselves, or help another family.
Not just theology: Catholic seminarians go to summer school to learn management skills
By David Gibson — July 7, 2014
RADNOR, Pa. (RNS) Newly minted Catholic priests often find themselves running a parish just two or three years after ordination. A new summer course aims to give them the business skills to make it work.
COMMENTARY: Free speech just got more expensive
By Justus Baird — April 8, 2014
(RNS) Money turns our ears toward the well-articulated pleas of the well-financed and makes it really hard to hear other voices from the community -- many of whom have legitimate grievances.
Vision Forum shuts down after patriarchy proponent’s ‘serious sins’
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 13, 2013
(RNS) Vision Forum Ministries was geared for a segment of evangelical and fundamentalist Christians who profess a traditionalist understanding of Scripture, sexuality and gender roles.
Patriarchy proponent Doug Phillips resigns after extramarital relationship
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 6, 2013
(RNS) Home schooling advocate Doug Phillips preaches a message of "biblical patriarchy," in which a man is called to "rule over his household" and "the God-ordained and proper sphere of dominion for a wife is the household."
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