Does your Church Accept Bitcoin?
With the growing awareness of cryptocurrency among the masses, one question comes to mind. Does your Church Accept Bitcoin? The answer for an increasing number of houses of worship may surprise you.
I grew up in a very religious family, with generations of leaders running their own churches. It became quite normal to see my grandfather send the collection plate around a second or even third time if he deemed the donations insufficient. Getting to "peek behind the curtain" and seeing "OZ" at work as a family member was illuminating, to say the least. However, there was something to this twice a week ritual of piling dollars, checks and coins on that platter for everyone to see.
Bitcoin in church
It was bound to happen. Now we learn of churches accepting bitcoin. I wrote in my last post, about the new VIBES token built around the love of music. I can see other organizations entering the field, such as when the church of St. John the Evangelist, became the first Catholic church to accept Bitcoin.
The good thing about this since religion is the bond that brings communities together, faith in the power of crypto will prompt the growing acceptance of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general. With coronavirus closures still in effect, electronic media is seen as the safest way to attend worship services. A major holdout appears to be the Russian Orthodox Church, which will have nothing to do with accepting donations in crypto.
Digital gold
However, that's not stopping others, including the Salvation Army USA Western Territory, which will accept crypto offerings in Bitcoin and 25 other crypto tokens, though the Engiven platform. Victory Life Church, with locations in Colorado, Oklahoma and Texas, accepts "asset based giving" in: BTC, BCH, ETH, LTC and USDC.
So for those of you waiting for the crypto revolution to arrive, it's already here and being televised. Houses of worship will become fertile fields in growing a flock of believers in the utility of cryptocurrency. The only question left to ask is: Does your church accept Bitcoin?
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I actually think that is pretty crazy. There are some churches out there that really feel like cryptocurrency is basically the sign of the beast and the coming of the end times. I tend to laugh at those people really really hard. I actually struggled a lot when our church first started doing online offering. The way I was raised, the offering is an act of worship, so doing it digitally kind of took away from it. I mean think about taking communion digitally? It just wouldn't feel the same right? Anyway, Covid kind of forced my hand on the whole thing (literally, because I got sick of writing checks and mailing them every payday), so now I am pretty comfortable with the whole online thing. They still don't accept BTC yet!
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Like I said, I got to see OZ at work and the greed was incomprehensible. My grandfather would sit up there on the stage and shout "tahat's not good enough, send it around again!" and that collection plate would make yet another trip. He didn't even need the money as they had plenty. It seems that the more you have, the more you want.
However, I can see the utility in this helping to spread the awareness of crypto to the masses. I do hear what you're saying though, about this becoming a slippery slope. Your words brought to mind the opinions shared in this video.
But the thought comes back to me of the early christians celebrating the first church services in their own homes. In some ways due to the pandemic, we've all come full circle.
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Yes, that is a good point. My church is pretty cool. The still do a call for offering, but they don't pass a plate. They say hey, if you are a guest, just be our guest today, but our members give as an act of worship etc. It is pretty laid back. I've been to those churches where they make you feel obligated to give though. It is interesting how everything has kind of come back to the basics.
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They've been saying the same about internet, airplanes and cars....
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Hahaha, and Kamala Harris apparently!
That might be an interesting bet, not sure in which way.. :)
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In my language we have a saying, Money doesn't smell, which means that it does not matter as it is still money. BTC will replace FIAT and also the churches know it. :)
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Thinking about how this would be setup. Church app, all members have a crypto wallet built-in, one click donation!
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Be interesting to see how many Baptist Churches have bitcoin?
Last year I read about a church that adopted crypto, but they didn't mention the denomination. The catholic church mentioned in the piece, started early in 2013.
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Thank you. Was just wondering will probably take a while for churches to adopt crypto. Some have older members who would out vote such a thing. It would be a great way to help out a church.