J. Clif Christopher talks about why people give to charity:<\/p>\n
I then asked the pastors to choose which ones they felt were the number one, two, and three chief reasons people give. They started blurting out, “taxes, guilt, involvement” No one was even close. Finally, a lady who had been sitting quietly in the back raised her hand and said, “Number one is a belief in the mission. Number two is a regard for staff leadership, and number three is fiscal responsibility.” She was right. I was stunned. I asked her where she was a pastor and she sheepishly said, “I am not a pastor, but my pastor told me about this seminar and thought I might learn something. I am the executive director of Habitat for Humanity.”\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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