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To: hiho hiho

Been there - done that. We went to a church bent on becoming a mega church. Everything was a big production. Collecting Gawd’s tithe was commanded from the pulpit on every possible occasion, Sunday, Wed. night Bible study, Christmas, Easter, etc. Big guilt tripping. We left. The church we attend now is much smaller, collects no offerings, and teaches from the Bible only.


6 posted on 09/19/2017 6:49:07 PM PDT by fulltlt
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To: fulltlt

If they don’t take tithes, how do they pay the minister?
Do they meet in someone’s home?


11 posted on 09/19/2017 7:05:18 PM PDT by sparklite2 (I'm less interested in the rights I have than the liberties I can take.)
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"The church we attend now is much smaller, collects no offerings, and teaches from the Bible only."

That's the first time in my life that I ever heard of a church that collects no offerings.   That jumped right out at me, and, frankly, was was quite shocking to read.

If you don't mind my asking, is that church part of a larger denomination, or is it a one-of-a-kind, non-denominational church, or what?


12 posted on 09/19/2017 7:10:29 PM PDT by Songcraft
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