Cover Story: Faith-based Fundraising

SECTION I: A Religious Ethic Perspective
By Michael O’Hurley-Pitts and M. Ansley Tucker

Faith communities, like any charitable organization, have both operational and capital funding needs. With the decline of worship attendance and diminished offerings, many faith communities have looked to secular fundraising practices to make ends meet. They have done so, however, without recognizing that amongst themselves there is a unique and powerful ethos that animates charitable giving.