Religion News Service columnist Jana Riess, herself a Latter-day Saint, discusses the LDS Church's wealth in the wake of the '60 Minutes' broadcast.
This means that in the past two years the church gave nearly $2 billion to charitable projects, whereas it reported giving $2.5 billion over the previous 35 years put together.
It also appears that the church is quantifying its own in-house assistance programs that help members only, such asAll of these are worthy and wonderful things. But the only monetary donations to outside charities that I see mentioned in the report add up to $63.9 million:• $5.1 million to the American Red Cross.• $5 million for temporary housing for displaced persons in North America.
“We are a model minority” seems to be one of the newer narratives. “We are a Horatio Alger story worth celebrating” seems to be another. Theoffering those perspectives on the faith’s wealth. Like Waddell in the “60 Minutes” interview, it did not confirm or deny the reports of how much money the church has in its stores, but it did attempt to provide historical context.
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