organizations, the church received the largest share (two-thirds or 65 percent of all adults donated money to a church in 2004).2 The average amount of money that Americans gave to churches was $895 per donor per year (which is approximately $75 a month). While this is more than the average amounts they’ve given in the past, when one factors in inflation, this figure proves to be about 2 percent less than what the church received in 1999.3 When addressing church finances, many pastors and their