Catalytic Effects( 28 % of the total)
Congregational activities and resources leverage value in their communities in a number of ways:
Magnet Effect— Urban congregations attract visitors and volunteers to their neighborhoods, sometimes coming from suburbs or outlying neighborhoods and spending their money at local stores and other businesses. Out-of-town residents attending events such as weddings, funerals, family reunions, and cultural offerings spend money locally on hotels, food, and transportation. The average economic value of a congregation’ s magnet effect was $ 375,944( with a low of $ 1,587 and a high of $ 2,765,410). As a whole the magnet effect accounted for a little over a fifth of a congregation’ s total contribution to the local economy( 22 %). In this area, worshipper( including those attending weddings, funerals, baptisms, bar / bat mitzvahs) spending accounted for 35.8 % of the total Magnet Effect impact; event visitation accounted for 14.7 %; program spending accounted for 28 %; and resources leveraged from the suburbs or staff spending, 3.5 %.
, Chicago
Edgewater Presbyterian Church
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