Brie Loskota Named Executive Director of CRCC
The USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture starts its 20th year with a new leader. Brie Loskota was appointed CRCC’s executive director by Dani Byrd, interim dean of the USC Dornsife …
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Bank Data on Diversity Can Help Close Racial Wealth Gap
Rev. Mark Whitlock, Executive Director of the Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement, wrote this Op-Ed for American Banker with Aubry Stone, president and CEO of the California Black Chamber of Commerce …
How to Give to the Poor Without Getting Ripped Off – Church Finance Series
This version of this post originally appeared in the Los Angeles Sentinel. In bad economic times, churches are the targets of professional con artists committed to rip the church off. Some rip …
Small Business Summit: Where the Mission Meets the Marketplace
“Dream big and love big,” Rev. Cecil Murray told faith leaders and businesspeople gathered at the University Southern California for the third annual Faith-based Small Business Summit. The summit, themed “where the …
CBS, France 24: Murray Center Reflects on Baltimore Riots and Racial Tensions in L.A.
As Baltimore burned in the wake of the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody, Rev. Mark Whitlock, executive director of the Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement, urged calm. “Right …
Financial Literacy Program 2015
The Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement hosted a Financial Literacy Institute. The program, put on in partnership with Wells Fargo Bank, includes four consecutive weekly sessions and two months of mentoring …
Let the Church Say ‘Thank You!’ – Church Finance Series
This post originally appeared in The Los Angeles Sentinel. Every Sunday morning, the church offers prayer, scriptures, songs, a sermon and the almighty offering, but does the church say, “Thank you?” Giving …
Ask and It Shall Be Given! Church Finance Series
A version of this article appeared in the Los Angeles Sentinel. Our church needed money to build a new sanctuary. We had raised some money, but it was not enough. Our small …
How To Create a Church Budget – Church Finance Series
A version of this article appeared in the Los Angeles Sentinel. The church budgeting process can be difficult or delightful. Either way it’s necessary. As I wrote in part one, churches have …
Show Members the Money! Church Finance Series
A version of this article appeared in the Los Angeles Sentinel. Churches are required to be transparent and fiscally accountable and to work together to manage God’s money. But too many churches …