tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post424711937342769031..comments2023-10-19T10:34:33.030-05:00Comments on Praisegod Barebones: Dollars or Percentages? Which Matters to the Great Commission?Bart Barberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-1051803581347768362009-12-02T13:13:06.851-06:002009-12-02T13:13:06.851-06:00Brother Bart,
Thank you for an insightful article...Brother Bart,<br /><br />Thank you for an insightful article. As you know saying something like; "we spend dollars not percentages" is certainly true and clearly points out that the end result is money is needed. However, it seems that some who are advocating such statements are calling on state conventions to increase their "percentages" instead of calling on them to Tim Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02909751217844312917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-82070076145308924602009-12-01T18:33:33.560-06:002009-12-01T18:33:33.560-06:00There just has to be more to life than mere existe...There just has to be more to life than mere existence. And I know the absolute, sure-fire way to become a complete person. God will see to it that I become complete in Him with another.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-4112417338596729812009-11-30T09:32:25.491-06:002009-11-30T09:32:25.491-06:00Bart: ... I've never seen statistics to substa...Bart: ... I've never seen statistics to substantiate such an argument, but there's a hypothetical for you.<br /><br />bapticus hereticus: Such is an important hypothetical that should interest those that have an interest in church financing of religious organizations and/or a social-science interest in religious-organization functioning. To test this hypothesis data at both the individualbapticus hereticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04526321800594075557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-67080832994741405292009-11-30T09:31:35.392-06:002009-11-30T09:31:35.392-06:00Brother Bart,
Interesting discussion,.....
How m...Brother Bart,<br /><br />Interesting discussion,.....<br /><br />How much to you think that statistics play into the mindset of giving? I see your point, and agree that the percentages have different meaning depending upon the context.<br /><br />Do you think that the member of a Baptist church determines their giving by looking at statistics that are reported by the state conventions?<br /><br Chris Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09477874901216715726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-5814916812103065152009-11-30T09:24:03.186-06:002009-11-30T09:24:03.186-06:00Good questions and discussion.
LouisGood questions and discussion.<br /><br />LouisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-57493049822549662532009-11-30T08:59:23.003-06:002009-11-30T08:59:23.003-06:00BH,
Good question. Some people, doubtless, will b...BH,<br /><br />Good question. Some people, doubtless, will be in the thing to accuse or to exonerate and will select their calculation measures accordingly. We all know about liars using statistics.<br /><br />But I think the most helpful number would be a <em>per capita</em> calculation using CP dollars given compared to average attendance. This is a figure that will contain (although it will Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-27156935743903249532009-11-30T08:42:17.448-06:002009-11-30T08:42:17.448-06:00Bart: The dollar amount most important to the calc...Bart: The dollar amount most important to the calculation is the per capita dollar amount given through the Cooperative Program for any given church.<br /><br />bapticus hereticus: I think it wise for organizations to look at giving patterns from multiple vantage points, to which ‘this’ measure could be helpful, and hopefully it will be calculated using various metrics in the denominator (and bapticus hereticushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04526321800594075557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-84829156087216867942009-11-29T23:39:36.092-06:002009-11-29T23:39:36.092-06:00I would think the widow who gave a large percentag...I would think the widow who gave a large percentage but small amount would be something to study in this case.JamesCharleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764716606179072128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-1686603514124160342009-11-29T23:38:16.081-06:002009-11-29T23:38:16.081-06:00So should we throw around per-capita giving instea...So should we throw around per-capita giving instead of percentage?<br /><br />I think that some people (maybe even myself) "need" a number in order to judge one's "southern-baptist-ness"...that may be shallow but that is also the (messenger) majority opinion...why else would we reward baptisms and percentages?Andrewhttp://adubhigg.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com