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About Pastor Foley

The Reverend Dr. Eric Foley is CEO and Co-Founder, with his wife Dr. Hyun Sook Foley, of Voice of the Martyrs Korea, supporting the work of persecuted Christians in North Korea and around the world and spreading their discipleship practices worldwide. He is the former International Ambassador for the International Christian Association, the global fellowship of Voice of the Martyrs sister ministries. Pastor Foley is a much sought after speaker, analyst, and project consultant on the North Korean underground church, North Korean defectors, and underground church discipleship. He and Dr. Foley oversee a far-flung staff across Asia that is working to help North Koreans and Christians everywhere grow to fullness in Christ. He earned the Doctor of Management at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland, Ohio.

Churchgoers Less Generous Today Than During the Great Depression

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Pastor Foley

That’s true–3.2 percent of churchgoer income was given in 1933, versus 2.5 percent in 2007. So the sum total of modern church fundraising tools, techniques, and strategies has been a precipitous drop of 0.7 percentage points in giving as a … Continue reading →

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OK, So Giving Is About Affiliation AND Investment

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Pastor Foley

Interesting follow-up to our post earlier this week on the overlooked dimension of giving as a statement of affiliation, not just an investment. Seems that I’m thinking like a billionaire these days. Check out this quote from BusinessWire founder Lorry … Continue reading →

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The Poor Are More Generous Than the Rich: The Key to Greater Generosity

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Pastor Foley

One little-noted aspect of Hope Consulting’s Money For Good report about which we wrote yesterday: As it asks why donors don’t rely more on research before they decide where to give, the report studied households with incomes over $80,000, oversampling … Continue reading →

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