I saw an offering plate before I was even old enough to attend church. My father was a lay elder and church treasurer. This usually meant I got to stay and play with my friends long after the services ...

The church membership grew as the collection plate disappeared, Sawyer says. Church members said visitors loved coming to the church, he says. “People wanted to come up and check out a church that ...

A lot of us have an unspoken perspective when it comes to tithing. We don’t always see it the way the pastor explains it. It sounds a little like a “here we go again thing” rather than a “here’s our ...