What are they going to do if she shows up Sunday? Throw her out?
Many churches have levels of membership.
My guess is that Senior Pastor Derrick Mike is going to get a severe case of CBTBYITA.
That’s sick. The Pastor should be kicked out of the church ASAP. He’s a dirty dog.
There are a lot of churches who will let you worship with them in return for little more than a couple of quarters in the collection plate (more, if you feel like it). Go find one.
The pastor must need a new set of “dubs” for his ride.
My grandmother said she no longer felt welcome in her church when they began doing gimmicky things to bring in the youth.
Christ didn't see one's color.
We had a somewhat aggressive approach to getting people removed from membership roles when I lived in Alaska. It had nothing to do with money gived, but with lack of attendance.
They had two issues. First, it was a very transient society, many members were in the military or related to oil business. Lots of families simply moved away without notifying the church. Secondly, the apportionment payment to national church (Methodist) were based upon membership roles. Essentially we were “charged” per member. If they were not attending church, we didn’t want the expense. Always multiple attempts to contact the folks first, but often they were not found and simply dropped.
I don’t think that was the case in this article.
Thugs..
Yet Senior Pastor Derrick Mike’s church operates without rendering unto Caesar any taxes. Go figure.
“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace.”—Romans 6:14
It seems this church is operating under the law and not grace.
Really pegged the "indignant" meter, I take it.
How utterly “Christian”.
Respect their elders? NOT-— c’mon the woman is 92 years old FCOL. Leave her alone in her final years on earth. Dum dums—
The church I attend has several local prisoners that attend every Sunday. They don’t bring money but we’re happy to have them. We welcome people if they have money or not.
Turned me off of all religion for a long time and especially the Catholic Church - I finally got saved in a non-denominational church at the age of 51...
Every church, and I repeat, EVERY church I have ever attended said, paraphrased, “If you do not worship at this church then you are going to HELL!”
Only one of them can be correct. Hmmm.....which one should I choose?
Assuming she was a widow, and over 60, and in poor financial as well as physical health, the church should have been supporting HER.
According to St. Paul as recorded in his letter to Timothy.