by Mitch Randall | Jun 9, 2022 | Opinion
The World Bank warned both large and small nations this week that they will not be able to avoid a global recession if the current economic forecast holds. The next global pandemic might just be a global recession. The New York Times reported on the World Bank’s...
by Melanie Eversley | Nov 29, 2011 | News
(RNS) Charitable giving is trickling back up as the economy heals, but it could take years to return to pre-recession levels, nonprofit leaders say. Giving totaled $291 billion in 2010, according to the 2011 annual report by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana...
by Nicole Neroulias | Apr 22, 2011 | News
(RNS) The recession was a double-barrel blow to American congregations: directly hurting their budgets while also stretching them thin due to increased needs for counseling, emergency housing and other social services. But the worst seems to be over, according to a...
by Randy Hyde | Oct 18, 2010 | General
A sermon delivered by Randy Hyde, Pastor, Pulaski Heights Baptist Church, Little Rock, Ark., on October 17, 2010. Psalm 119:97-104; 2 Timothy 3:14-4: An article in the latest issue of The Christian Century is entitled “No Shows.” It seems...
by Nicole Neroulias | Sep 7, 2010 | News
(RNS) Within a short drive from her suburban New York home, Lisa Sharp has her pick of synagogues. But she is not interested in spending thousands of dollars to join a congregation, and in recent years, she has opted against paying to attend holiday worship services....