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What Happened: First Miami Presbyterian Church in Florida announced it will accept Dogecoin DOGE/USD and Bitcoin BTC/USD for donations.
“Happy Easter! Our church @firstMiamiPres started accepting Doge today! #DogecoinToTheMoon,” Pastor Christopher Benek tweeted. The post was a reply to Tesla Inc TSLA CEO Elon Musk who posted a picture of his Shiba Inu named Floki to celebrate Easter.
Benek is also known as Rev. Dr. Doge on Twitter and is a noted Dogecoin supporter.
First Miami Presbyterian Church holds in-person and online services every Sunday at 11 am ET. The church’s website offers the option to donate with Bitcoin or Dogecoin.
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Why It’s Important: In October 2021, a Mississippi church became the first Southern Baptist church to accept cryptocurrency for donations. The church announced that it would take Bitcoin, Ethereum ETH/USD, Dogecoin and Litecoin LTC/USD as donation options for the church.
The Dogecoin community has been known to push for retailers to accept Dogecoin as a payment option. Churches adding cryptocurrency as a donation option is an inspirational touch in driving Dogecoin adoption.
DOGE Price Action: Dogecoin is trading up 4.52% to $0.142 on Tuesday.
In St. Martin, Mississippi, Back Bay church became the first Southern Baptist church to accept cryptocurrency as donations.
Pastor Adam Bennet, who has been in full-time ministry since 2005, introduced Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) as a donation option.
He has decided to include Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE), Stablecoin (CRYPTO: DAI), Litecoin (CRYPTO LTC) USD Coin (CRYPTO: USDC) as giving options in the church.
“I talked with a few others in the church who were into crypto, which grew into a discussion about it,” he said. “Then I did some research and found that the Salvation Army accepts it. So I looked into their platform and ended up deciding to use a different one for us.”
“I’m an early adopter and like to be on the cutting edge of things. But we also have other people who are invested in crypto. So we want to take some of the assets we’ve invested, see it appreciate, and give it to the work of the church,” explained Bennett.
“There are already non-profits using crypto to transfer value from one country to another,” he said. “Transactions in some Third World countries can’t happen quickly and cheaply.”
Those non-profits, Bennett explained, are using crypto to get funding for projects such as building wells efficiently.
According to Bennett, his church’s dipping its toe into crypto at this point. He is expecting its usage to grow in the years to come. But, for now, he encourages others to do their research – a lot of it – before following suit.
“Our church started because there was some interest. It was more of curiosity,” he said. “But it is an asset. So if someone wanted to donate to our church as they would with a parcel of land, they can. Then we can sell it and used that money for the mission of God.”
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