A new study shows that people of faith in America have a huge heart in terms of giving to Third World countriesFrom "Religious Americans are Generous" by Charlie Butts, posted5/16/08 at OneNewsNow.com
Carol Adelman of the
Hudson Institute cites the information in a study done with Notre Dame University. "We didn't realize it would be as large as it was, and we came out with a number of $8.8 billion worth of goods and services that churches are giving overseas to developing countries," she points out.
That figure represents nearly 40 percent of the foreign aid provided by the United States to the same region -- and the money from churches is apparently doing a lot of good, says Adelman.
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