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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^ This may be true when averaged, but I know that over 50% of our collections go to serving others - mostly in the local community - some to missions abroad, but not much.  What your charts do NOT show is the amount of GOODS collected by churches and donated to local charities...... Clothing, food, diapers, household goods, etc.  I know my church is not alone in its efforts here.  We have a breadbasket that gets filled weekly with nonperishable goods and is donated.  We have diaper drives several times a year to stock the homeless shelter and the battered woman's shelter.  We have the projects throughout the year to renovate, clean, and repair homes of the needy. And, we have many other events throughout the year.  These things don't show up on your charts, but they are a vital part of the church's work.  And, you cannot put a dollar amount on the programs we do for the senior centers and rehab centers - children's musicals, choir concerts, etc. - and these cost nothing - nobody is paid - but it provides a huge service to the groups we visit.  And, my church is very small, but our congregation is incredibly generous with their time and their money.  I can't imagine how much of these goods and services are provided by churches larger than mine.

I get tired of people disparaging the work of the churches in any community because without them, our nation would be in far worse shape.  [/quote]

Not only are you preaching to the choir, I actually am in the choir. I say this not to belittle churches but because i think churches need a wakeup call.

What you are doing is confusing the number of collections and activities with total dollars and value of services. A diaper drive is a nice thing but to do but those stacks of diapers are worth a few hundred dollars at best. [/quote]

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