Injustice or the good news?

Injustice or the good news?

"Here is what would happen if we all paid our tithe- that is, 10 percent of our income instead of the 2.5 percent Christians actually give. We would have an extra $168 billion to spend in funding the work of the Church worldwide. $65 billion less than 40 percent of the previously mentioned $168 billion could eliminate the most extreme poverty on the planet for more than a billion people. Universal primary education for children would cost $6 billion; the cost to bring clean water to most of the world’s poor, an estimated 9 billion, and basic health and nutrition for everyone in the world $13 billion.

Imagine how stunning it would be to the watching world for American Christians to give so generously that it:

Brought an end to world hunger

Solved the clean water crisis

Provided universal access to drugs and medical care for the millions suffering from AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis

Virtually eliminated the more than 26,000 daily child deaths

Guaranteed education for all the world’s children

Provided a safety net for the world’s tens of millions of orphans

Think about the statement it would make if American Christian citizens stepped up and gave more than all the governments of the world combined because they took Jesus seriously when He said love our neighbors as ourselves."--Richard Stearns, The Hole In Our Gospal