empty tomb, inc.
empty tomb, inc. is a Christian research and service organization. On a
local level, it coordinates direct services to people in need in cooperation
with area congregations. On a national level, it studies church member giving
patterns of historically Christian churches, including Roman Catholic, mainline
and evangelical Protestant, Anabaptist, Pentecostal, Orthodox, and
fundamentalist communions. empty tomb publishes the annual State of Church
Giving series. Staff also work with a select number of congregations,
discovering ways to reverse the negative giving trends indicated by national
data, through its project, The National Money for Mission Program.
Current research monitors and analyzes church member giving patters, and is published in The State of Church Giving series produced by empty tomb, inc. The description of dynamics affecting current giving patterns is presented in Behind The Stained Glass Windows: Money Dynamics in The Church (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1996).
empty tomb, inc.
301 North Fourth Street
Champaign, IL 61825-2404
Phone (217) 356-9519
Fax (217) 356-2344