By Jamie Goodwin Jenny Yang, daughter of immigrant parents from Korea, serves as senior vice-president for advocacy and policy at World Relief and co-author of the book Welcoming the Stranger. She was my teacher at a Duke University seminar about faith communities and immigration this summer. During the course of the seminar, I mentioned the… Read more »
Recently, the National Study of Congregations’ Economic Practices (NSCEP) was released by Lake Institute on Faith & Giving. This landscape study surveyed just over 1,200 congregations across the country to determine their economic practices, asking about congregation donors (includes Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, and Hindu congregations), how congregations teach about money and finances, and how… Read more »
“I’m impressed by your persistence!” Thus began a voicemail message I received from a congregation leader last week. I’m learning that persistence is an important piece of the NSCEP research project. The National Study of Congregations’ Economic Practices (NSCEP), conducted by Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, has been in the field since February,… Read more »