COLUMBIA — Declines in stock prices, retirement fund values and employment rates are causing individuals to be more thrifty with spending on goods and services. But now this heightened conservatism with the checkbook may be trickling down to affect individuals' financial contributions to churches.
Church financial giving shows signs of recession
Monday, December 29, 2008 | 6:13 p.m. CST
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