Main Description: The State of Church Giving through 2008 ( 20th ed., Oct. 2010) includes: ¿ Updated church giving patterns in the U.S., including recession year 2008, based on aggregated congregational data. ¿ Americans' charitable giving patterns, based on an analysis of the 2008 U.S. BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey.

¿ Overseas missions spending, 32 denominations, 2003-2008. ¿ Updated country-specific cost estimates for eight causes of under-5 deaths, 68 countries that account for 95% of these deaths. ¿ Discussion of one organization's approach to global evangelization, and a case study of one denomination¿s approach to its stated goal for engaging unreached people groups. ¿ An exploration of denominational priorities in the context of the miracle of the loaves and fish, Mark 6:35-44.