Topic: Bitcoin Accepting Churches - page 3. (Read 784 times)
That is absolutely fascinating. I guess I never really thought to look at places like churches to accept bitcoin but I guess this is another space that is necessary for mass adoption.
Giving donations to churches in cryptocurrencies will be a very nice innovation especially when sending it to a far away churches or one's home church, this way no monitoring by financial agents and low transfer fee.
It is a positive development for churches to start accepting bitcoin as a means of donation, although in my country I am yet to hear of any religious body that accepts bitcoin as means of donation. This is so because only less than 1% of my country's population has actually heard of the term bitcoin, and for the few that have heard, most consider it scam.
Here in my country, maybe it's possible and they might give a consideration in accepting bitcoin in the future if they were given enough knowledge about it. And if they're open about it. But haven't heard yet about churches here who accepts bitcoin.
Also in my country here, many are yet to get the full understanding of this digital cryptocurrency which is the mainstream, although one cannot tell if by their understanding of this technology they will accept Bitcoin for donations. If churches can accept Bitcoin, then we should be happy to drive toward adoption with the grassroots.
But haven't heard yet about churches here who accepts bitcoin.
Why not walk in and ask if they are willing to accept Bitcoin by explaining the advantages and how cool it will be seeing a Church go with the trend?
Churches generally generate most of their income through donations, and how cool would it be to have an extra donation option? I can see how people instead of declearing taxes over some of their profits, they donate it to a Church and may even be able to get some of it back because in some countries donations to charities are tax deductible. I'm not sure if a Church can be seen as a charity too (might differ from country to country), but it wouldn't hurt to look into it.
Introducing them to Lightning might even lead to a large flood of donations just because people love playing around with it.
Since Christianity is more of an organized business than an organized religion, it won't surprise me a bit if the churches decide to accept payments or donations in cryptocurrency. Recently, I came across this news article from the BBC:
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47675301
It shows how the Christian pastors are becoming millionaires, by exploiting the poorest group of Americans. For them, only money matters. It doesn't matter whether the payments are made in fiat or crypto.
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47675301
It shows how the Christian pastors are becoming millionaires, by exploiting the poorest group of Americans. For them, only money matters. It doesn't matter whether the payments are made in fiat or crypto.
While I am searching for churches that readily accept bitcoin for donations, I realized that there are now some who seem to see the potential use of cryptocurrency in their financial operation (religious groups do need money as just like any other organizations).
"Father Rosado believes that St. John’s the Evangelist is the first Catholic Church to accept bitcoins and he thinks virtual currency donations can be much more useful than those in fiat currencies. 'In theory, in the future, you could exchange bitcoins for any currency. It would be faster to move money around,' said Father Rosado."
"An evangelical church in Zurich will begin accepting offerings in the cryptocurrency bitcoin. “Digital currencies and the blockchain technology will change our daily lives more and more in the next years,” Nicolas Legler, spokesperson for Zurich's ICF Church, told Swiss media."
Have you encountered a denomination near your area accepting bitcoin or cryptocurrency? Would you share the same idea to the denomination or faith you are a part of?
No, and I doubt there will be, in my area at least. bitcoin doesn't really have a great reputation in my country
because of the scams that happened that includes bitcoin in my country. also even if there is some I think bitcoin
price is too high( for most of my countrymen) for them to consider donating it.
I don't usually give donation to the church, so I would not know.
Also, in our country, bitcoin is not yet mainstream, so maybe it will take a lot of time before I will see some people or establishment showing
their interest to accept bitcoin .
IMO, church accepting bitcoin as donation is favorable to them as they also have a lot of followers in different countries, so sending money would be easy.
Also, in our country, bitcoin is not yet mainstream, so maybe it will take a lot of time before I will see some people or establishment showing
their interest to accept bitcoin .
IMO, church accepting bitcoin as donation is favorable to them as they also have a lot of followers in different countries, so sending money would be easy.
Most religions in our country disagree with the adoption of cryptocurrency and Bitcoin.
Why? bitcoin does have monetary value and as said it can be exchanged to any currency in the future but actually you can do it today. And that's with the use of many exchanges, globally and locally. Can you name those religions that disagree the adoption of bitcoin? I don't think that there's something related to religion and bitcoin and I'm very curious to know why they disagree with that if they can also benefit by receiving donations through it.I am sure those are the churches that do not really understand bitcoin at all because they prefer to listen to what mainstream media and maybe other people said about cryptocurrency which I guess they are associating with some scams and failed projects in the ICOs of 2017/2018. This is a great symptom that many people really need a good education on bitcoin. I am not actually regligious but we know that religion is a part of our lives whether we like it or not...and if many churches will adopt bitcoin this can help a lot in making it a mainstream. Again, some may not like religion but it is a big reality in all parts (or almost, I guess) of the world.
While I am searching for churches that readily accept bitcoin for donations, I realized that there are now some who seem to see the potential use of cryptocurrency in their financial operation (religious groups do need money as just like any other organizations).
"Father Rosado believes that St. John’s the Evangelist is the first Catholic Church to accept bitcoins and he thinks virtual currency donations can be much more useful than those in fiat currencies. 'In theory, in the future, you could exchange bitcoins for any currency. It would be faster to move money around,' said Father Rosado."
"An evangelical church in Zurich will begin accepting offerings in the cryptocurrency bitcoin. “Digital currencies and the blockchain technology will change our daily lives more and more in the next years,” Nicolas Legler, spokesperson for Zurich's ICF Church, told Swiss media."
Have you encountered a denomination near your area accepting bitcoin or cryptocurrency? Would you share the same idea to the denomination or faith you are a part of?
My first thought on this was like "How come they are so quick on adapting cryptocurrency?" I mean, they don't get involved in technology a lot but this was very surprising. In our country, donations are done by the nuns/sister handing the net-like cloth to us. So if this happens then we will just scan the qr code while we are singing our praises and sending our bitcoin? I don't see anything beneficial to this article honestly.
While I am searching for churches that readily accept bitcoin for donations, I realized that there are now some who seem to see the potential use of cryptocurrency in their financial operation (religious groups do need money as just like any other organizations).
"Father Rosado believes that St. John’s the Evangelist is the first Catholic Church to accept bitcoins and he thinks virtual currency donations can be much more useful than those in fiat currencies. 'In theory, in the future, you could exchange bitcoins for any currency. It would be faster to move money around,' said Father Rosado."
"An evangelical church in Zurich will begin accepting offerings in the cryptocurrency bitcoin. “Digital currencies and the blockchain technology will change our daily lives more and more in the next years,” Nicolas Legler, spokesperson for Zurich's ICF Church, told Swiss media."
Have you encountered a denomination near your area accepting bitcoin or cryptocurrency? Would you share the same idea to the denomination or faith you are a part of?
What a great news that step by step bitcoin will be on top where every people aware with what bitcoin really is. They saw the potential of it that's why even churches accept it as a donation. Hoping that this coming year everyone of us will be educated about it.
Here in my country, maybe it's possible and they might give a consideration in accepting bitcoin in the future if they were given enough knowledge about it. And if they're open about it. But haven't heard yet about churches here who accepts bitcoin.
In all industries that we have, I think churches and any religious are the ones who will be the last industry and organizations to adopt bitcoin as a form of donations. However, if you are a church and someone would like to donate a bitcoin, you won't need to hesitate to accept it as it is also a form of currency that you could use for your daily operation. If the person is willing to donate bitcoin, then the church has no option but to accept it instead of having nothing or asking for another option (it is just a donation so you don't need to complain and be demanding).
I think many churches might have some issues with fact that you cannot track the origin of some of the money that are donated, when you use Crypto currencies. It might happen that a person running some Paedophile network, donated some money from their income to the church and this could lead to an embarrassing situation when this comes to light. 
I know some churches do not want to accept money donated from professional gamblers for instance, because gambling is not an acceptable practice in some churches.
I know some churches do not want to accept money donated from professional gamblers for instance, because gambling is not an acceptable practice in some churches.
I am more astounded that they actually know bitcoin or cryptocurrency. I would never expect that they have knowledge about it.
I do not have any knowledge in my locale if churches here accept cryptocurrency. As far as to the church I attend, I only see fiat being donated.
I do not have any knowledge in my locale if churches here accept cryptocurrency. As far as to the church I attend, I only see fiat being donated.
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$172,473.41 just for being a cool being.
While I am searching for churches that readily accept bitcoin for donations, I realized that there are now some who seem to see the potential use of cryptocurrency in their financial operation (religious groups do need money as just like any other organizations).
"Father Rosado believes that St. John’s the Evangelist is the first Catholic Church to accept bitcoins and he thinks virtual currency donations can be much more useful than those in fiat currencies. 'In theory, in the future, you could exchange bitcoins for any currency. It would be faster to move money around,' said Father Rosado."
"An evangelical church in Zurich will begin accepting offerings in the cryptocurrency bitcoin. “Digital currencies and the blockchain technology will change our daily lives more and more in the next years,” Nicolas Legler, spokesperson for Zurich's ICF Church, told Swiss media."
Have you encountered a denomination near your area accepting bitcoin or cryptocurrency? Would you share the same idea to the denomination or faith you are a part of?
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I am surprised noone has mentioned it but have you heard about Biblepay? https://coinmarketcap.com/currencies/biblepay/ quite stable isn't it?
I mined a bit of it when it first came out. The price has gone up but not too much. They add bible verses to their blockchain. Is this something that you are looking for?
If churches did the same as Biblepay then things would work according to what Father Rosado imagines. Crypto can be part of anything and it is great different places and groups are implementing it.
I mined a bit of it when it first came out. The price has gone up but not too much. They add bible verses to their blockchain. Is this something that you are looking for?
If churches did the same as Biblepay then things would work according to what Father Rosado imagines. Crypto can be part of anything and it is great different places and groups are implementing it.
Wow, for real? I didn’t expect that churches will accept bitcoins, I think it has something to do with the place or location, it could be that the demand of bitcoin is high or a lot has been using it thus to be convenient they are accepting bitcoins for donation. Also, maybe the management of the church are well informed about bitcoin and they see it as a good currency.
The church has followed the times and technology. Because most people are made there are many who already know bitcoin, so some churches follow it. Donations for tithing can use bitcoin, it's really fun.
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