Chapters update church member giving and membership data in the U.S. through 2019, and explore trends present and future. Potential giving levels, as well as overseas missions income, are presented. Charitable giving data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 Consumer Expenditure Survey is analyzed. The special focus chapter considers the implications of church leaders and members' response to the unprecedented affluence flooding U.

S. society for the past century.