it must be complicated.
“SOBERING FACT #23: The Power of Giving
If Christians had given the traditional 10 percent tithe of their income to their churches in 2004, instead of the 2.56 percent that they actually gave, there would have been an additional $164 billion available, according to a report released in October called ‘The Sate of Church Giving Through 2004.’ If the churches chose to funnel just $70-$80 billion of that additional income to missions and humanitarian works, the basic needs of every person on the globe would be provided.”
RELEVANT Magazine, Nov/Dec 2006 issue, pg. 30.
Can this be true? $70-$80 billion? That’s all it would take to meet the basic needs of every human being? Does this make anyone else want to stand on a soapbox, a rooftop, a skyscraper and scream? According to Forbes.com, Bill Gates, “Microsoft’s chief visionary,” has a current net worth of $50 billion. Warren Buffet, number 2 on the list of the world’s billionaires, has a current net worth of $42 billion. Two people. That’s all it would take. Two people could ensure that everyone in the world has enough food, water, and shelter to live. I know, I know. It must be more complicated than that, or we would have fixed everything by now. Right? RIGHT?
If Christians had given the traditional 10 percent tithe of their income to their churches in 2004, instead of the 2.56 percent that they actually gave, there would have been an additional $164 billion available, according to a report released in October called ‘The Sate of Church Giving Through 2004.’ If the churches chose to funnel just $70-$80 billion of that additional income to missions and humanitarian works, the basic needs of every person on the globe would be provided.”
RELEVANT Magazine, Nov/Dec 2006 issue, pg. 30.
Can this be true? $70-$80 billion? That’s all it would take to meet the basic needs of every human being? Does this make anyone else want to stand on a soapbox, a rooftop, a skyscraper and scream? According to Forbes.com, Bill Gates, “Microsoft’s chief visionary,” has a current net worth of $50 billion. Warren Buffet, number 2 on the list of the world’s billionaires, has a current net worth of $42 billion. Two people. That’s all it would take. Two people could ensure that everyone in the world has enough food, water, and shelter to live. I know, I know. It must be more complicated than that, or we would have fixed everything by now. Right? RIGHT?