[Obadiah]

If your pastor quotes Oprah more than Obadiah, leave.

Well I most certainly agree!

[Cowgirl of Justice]

My husband’s family’s church, a small 100+ year old country Baptist church, hand built my husband’s grandfather and other members, has a pastor who quoted The Andy Griffin Show one Sunday. It was actually pretty special!

And those women can COOK!!!!!! They have Sunday dinner afterwards sometimes- every dish is lovingly made from scratch- biscuits, cornbread, fried chicken, pot roast and gravy, deviled eggs, ice box pies, potato salads- a feast for kings. I keep telling them they need a nap room for after dinner but, nothing has been done about that yet.

[SamAdams76]

What some people don't seem to realize is that church is a business just like any other. A significant number of people make their living on religion - many of them a very good living.

For all we hear about "vows of poverty", most churches and their surrounding property has market value of millions of dollars. The Catholic church is an extreme example of this. It is pretty much impossible to calculate the net worth of the Catholic Church but it is said to run into ELEVEN figures.

Think about that next time you toss something into the collection plate.