People are going to smack me for this thread, but here goes...

This photo is a portion of the line for a food bank in South Florida.

As unemployment hits, churches might need financial triage: Give 90% of the offerings to the needs of members and community. Not 5 or 20%.

When the church started in Acts, the purpose of giving was to provide for people in the church who had less. The money given to apostles “would be distributed to each as any had need” (Acts 4:35), and that meant... “there was not a needy person among them” (Acts 4:34)

I'm getting emails from churches that are encouraging me to give online to them. (Churches I'm not part of.)

But I'm also wondering how many get an email, "Do you NEED anything? What's going on? How can your church family help?" Maybe some are doing this.

Thankful for leaders who open to changing the status quo. Yes, our consumer culture has "done church" a certain way (a very costly way) for a long time. But things can change. We don't have to spend 80% on operational costs.

Discipleship doesn't have to be so expensive.

This isn't church-bashing. In a way, it's the opposite. I believe things are changing. I'm here for it. Many people are asking great questions. Others are making changes.

The world--a world that God so loves--needs us to function as families, not businesses.