Economy Hits Churches at Unprecedented Rate | CAROL STREAM, Ill. /Christian News Wire/ — Nearly 40% of churches across the country experienced a decline in church giving and offerings in 2009, representing two consecutive years of significant decreases, according to the 2nd annual “State of the Plate” research by Maximum Generosity and Christianity Today International.
“Churches today are in unchartered waters financially,” says [...]
Germany Faces Economic Downturn with Plummeting Birth Rate
By Hilary White
Published: November 23, 2009
Germany Faces Economic Downturn with Plummeting Birth Rate | ROME (LifeSiteNews.com) – Germany, the juggernaut of the European economic scene, could be facing a critical downturn over the next five decades because of its dramatically shrinking birth rate and dropping population, a new government report has said. The falling and aging population will result in the eventual disintegration of Germany’s generous social welfare programs, [...]
