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Originally Posted by Idigmygirls
This is a wonderful bit of news! And it is very "Christian" of them; however:
This act is an exception to the overwhelming rule of churches enriching a top few with vast wealth at the expense of the masses of followers. The Joel Osteens, Billy Grahams and Joyce Meyers of the world are sadly just a few examples of the bilking of the faithful by narcissistic egomaniacs; and the lavishness of most large churches speak for themselves in pointing out where most of their money goes.
The world could use many more examples like Eagle Rock Church's actions, so kudos to them!
I don't believe it for one second. Can you source this claim?
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The Economist Estimates the Catholic Church Spent $171,600,000,000 in 2010
https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/...00000-in-2010/
The Economist estimates that annual spending by the church and entities owned by the church was around $170 billion in 2010 (the church does not release such figures). We think 57% of this goes on health-care networks, followed by 28% on colleges, with parish and diocesan day-to-day operations accounting for just 6% and national charitable activities just 2.7% (see chart). In total, Catholic institutions employ over 1m people, reckons Fred Gluck, a former McKinsey managing partner and co-founder of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management, a lay organisation seeking to improve the way the church is run. For purposes of secular comparison, in 2010 General Electric’s revenue was $150 billion and Walmart employed roughly 2m people