Faith-Based Giving Quotes

Nonprofit status is what created the Bible Belt. The tax code brought religion back to this country

I don't mind saying, you know, that I don't take a salary from the church, and God has blessed me with more money than I could imagine from my books.

As a member of the Mormon church, Romney is instructed to tithe 10 percent of his income. That's in keeping with most charitable giving: Religious institutions get about one-third of all contributions, according to 'The American' magazine.

People who put money in the church basket and people who go to church and pay the pastor: that isn't real philanthropy; that's just like you belong to a country club. You pay your dues to belong to that church, so you pay your tithing or whatever it is.

I don't think it says anywhere in the Bible that tithing should be calculated on a before-tax basis.

As believers, we all have the responsibility to leverage our wealth for kingdom purposes.

To turn the tide of materialism in the Christian community, we desperately need bold models of kingdom-centered living. Despite our need to do it in a way that doesn't glorify people, we must hear each other's stories about giving or else our people will not learn to give.

The ministry and mission of the church is at the center of Christian giving.

Wouldn't it be great if you could only get AIDS by giving money to television preachers?

Religious organisations have an automatic tax-free charitable status.

We have a no taxes. We have a religious tax that is non-enforceable.

Our ministry is supported entirely by faith, through the missions gifts of readers who receive my messages every three weeks. We seldom mention money, and we never burden supporters.

The tithe is God's historical method to get us on the path of giving. In that sense, it can serve as a gateway to the joy of grace giving. It's unhealthy to view tithing as a place to stop, but it can still be a good place to start.

Give voluntarily. When we catch a vision of God's grace, we will give beyond our duty.

The fact that 35 percent of all American giving went to religious organizations in 2010 reflects how closely bound many of us are with our place of worship.

As a tither you automatically become solution-oriented rather than problem-oriented.

A survey carried out across the U.S. between 2004 and 2006 showed that frequent church- or synagogue-goers are more likely to give money to charity.

Clergy who preach must content themselves with the tithe and voluntary contributions

There being no longer a union of Church and State in any part of the country, so that religion must depend, under God, for its temporal support wholly upon the voluntary principle: it seemed of much consequence to show how vigorously, and how extensively, that principle has brought the influence of the Gospel to bear in every direction upon the objects within its legitimate sphere....