The Lambsbook spending model
What could a shift in spending make possible?
Choose a Christian-owned business for purchases you already plan to make. If that business earns a profit and its owner gives part of it to local churches, some of your spending can help fund ministry.
Set the assumptions
Annual amounts. Change these to reflect your community.
Profit after operating expenses, before this modeled giving.
A 10% tithe on profit is an illustration, not a verified policy of any listed business.
Compare where the spending goes
Total eligible annual spending: $28,000,000
25% scenario
Follow the money
$0 vs. 25% baseline
Household spending
$7,000,000
Business profit
$700,000
Owner giving
$70,000
Local churches
$70,000
Churches could direct these receipts toward outreach, pastoral care, discipleship, local assistance, and sharing the gospel according to their own budgets and priorities. The model estimates dollars available; it does not predict ministry outcomes.
How the estimate works
Local church income = households × eligible spending × Christian-business share × profit margin × share of profit given × local church allocation.
This is a hypothetical, incremental spending pathway. A Christian-owned listing does not establish that a business tithes, how much it gives, or where it gives. Businesses of any ownership may give to churches, and employees and customers may tithe independently; those flows are outside this model. Hobby Lobby and Target are only familiar shopping examples and are not inputs or claims about their actual giving. At 100%, the scenario assumes every eligible purchase can be placed with a participating Christian business, which may not be practical in every category or community. Dollars shown are annual estimates, not guaranteed revenue or a net economic impact analysis.