Note to Self: Heard from Sermon from www.mhbcmi.org from the Summer 2005 (Money Sunday).

Mars Hill Budget:
25% of monies received is given away
75%--21% goes toward operating--54% Staff

The 14 biggest churches in Western Michigan were studied:
72:1 Staff to Attendee ratio (average)
179:1 Staff to Attendee ratio (Mars Hill)

$1579 given per year per person (average)
$546 given per year per person (Mars Hill)

Rob Bell addressed the problem...from the pulpit.