Where Our Money Goes?
$168 billion - The extra money available if all American churchgoers tithed
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$705 billion -amount Americans spend on entertainment and recreation
$179 billion -amount spent by teenagers 12-17
$58 billion - amount spent on state lottery tickets
$39.5 billion - total U. S. – government foreign assistance budget for the world
$5 billion - total Overseas ministries income to 700 Protestant mission agencies, including denominational, interdenominational, and independent agencies
What Could $168 Billion Do?
$65 billion - eliminate the most extreme poverty on the planet for more than a billion people.
$6 billion – universal primary education for all children
$9 billion - to bring clean water to most of the world’s poor
$13 billion – basic health and nutrition for everyone in the world
“…………………………….in the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” James 2:14-17
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