(RNS) — COVID-19 and the rise of a cashless society may make passing the collection plate, which once was crucial to church finances, less important. (RNS) — In the 1984 film “Mass Appeal,” Father Tim ...

With 2,000 families and a $2.7 million budget, Fair Haven Ministries is one of the area's largest churches. That is to say, in today's economy of scale, it has farther to fall than most. Midway ...

After a tip that a 75-year-old usher was stealing church donations, Cary police performed an undercover sting in the middle of Sunday Mass. According to investigators, James MacCaline, a lifelong ...

Biltmore United Methodist Church of Asheville, North Carolina, is for sale. Already financially strapped because of shrinking membership and a struggling preschool, the congregation was dealt a ...

If a Sunday donation becomes a test of conscience, what happens to the habit of giving? The Church of England’s plan to set aside £100 million over nine years to address historic ties to transatlantic ...

Six in 10 Anglican churchgoers would divert their donations elsewhere if Church funds were allocated to slavery reparations, ...

The Cathedral of the Holy Cross catching up with the modern age. Parishioners can now pass the plate digitally.The South End church has installed a credit card kiosk to allow parishioners make ...

Thou shalt not steal — especially from the collection plate at church. A volunteer usher at Blessed Trinity Catholic Church in Ocala, Florida was arrested Sunday after police said he took cash from ...

Bishop Harold Edwards is the head pastor at The Church of the Living God in Oak Cliff. Black churches in the U.S. have economically empowered Black communities for generations, especially in times of ...