I saw an offering plate before I was even old enough to attend church. My father was a lay elder and church treasurer. This usually meant I got to stay and play with my friends long after the ...

Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, located at 5300 Dover Road in Reisterstown, built wooden desks for children in need on Saturday for about four hours, beginning around 8 a.m.

The collection plate, the symbol of the offering, is going the way of VHS videos. The church is on the verge of a digital revolution in giving, says Albertson, the Lutheran pastor.

These days, preachers may be able to avoid the sting of a bad sermon, at least in the short term — as passing the offering plate, once a staple of worship, has largely halted due to the COVID-19 ...