While American consumers continue to worry about jobs and paying the bills, 7 in 10 Christian households reported in a recently published survey that they actively pay off their credit cards in full every month.

Additionally nearly 8 of 10 Christian households said they continue to give ten percent or more of their income to local churches and ministries.

“It’s a sign that a growing number of people are learning to actively eliminate and avoid debt,” remarked Brian Kluth with Maximum Generosity, which conducted the second annual “View from the Pew” survey in cooperation with Christianity Today International.

The survey results, to be announced Monday, are “hopeful signs” for Christian households, say Maximum Generosity and Christianity Today International, which earlier this year revealed the results of the second annual “State of the Plate” survey.

If reflective of the general trend, the results would also be an encouragement to churches across the country – nearly 40 percent of which revealed in the earlier survey that they had experienced a decline in giving and offerings in 2009.

After the October 2008 stock market drop, the “State of the Plate” survey found that 29 percent of churches had reportedly experienced a decline in giving and last year the number climbed up to 38 percent of churches.

“Multiple research projects last year documented the sharp decline in church giving and our research this year shows things have only gotten worse for a growing number of churches,” Kluth had reported back in March.

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