News, Church collection plates may go empty as electronic giving rises. (churches, Catholic)

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ARLINGTON, Virginia (Reuters) – Brie Hall felt awkward the first few times she passed the collection basket at her Catholic church without tossing in a donation envelope.

But it is more convenient to give her gift to God by direct debit from her checking account.

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Many churches depend on weekly collections to pay the bills, you get a rough winter with snow where many might miss church on consecutive Sunday it could make it difficult for a church to pay its bills, having automatic deductions for church solves this problem .