MOst of these collection go to social justice type committees who have an agenda or don’t do their homework or owe someone a favor.
Give to Peter’s Pence and the Holy Land and throw the rest of the envelopes in the trash. Spend the money that you might have spent on that donation on a charity that you can see.
IN this day and age with the internet, it seems that we could find some worthy causes to back. A church in Africa or India, a seminary, even a small business. I’ve always wanted to help the “starving children” in Africa but I have never wanted to support some African tyrannical government and so have never felt comfortable with donating money. If I knew it was going to a specific church or person or business that I believed in, I’d be much more willing.
So much of the charity donated is taken up with administrative costs and government red tape and usually ends up in the hands of those who don’t need it ro is used as a bargaining tool to control people, in my opinion.
Buy Bibles and copies of the U.S. Constitution to hand out to people.