"They are driving people out of their (the main line churches) churches into Christian churches. Their loss is our gain."
Well, frankly, our gain too, bd. That's where a large number of our converts come from. But we've got Ethiopians! Bet you haven't got any of them! :)
"But we've got Ethiopians! Bet you haven't got any of them!"
We did get a Nigerian who had a lot of money his father had deposited in a bank in Nigeria that was embargoed under one of the many administrations. All he needed was $5,000.00 as a good faith advance and he could get millions to share with us for our building project. Unfortunately, being a tax exempt 501 (c)(3) church we could not advance the funds except for services rendered. Funny, he seemed so sincere until we told him we could not advance the money but we would pray for the quick release of the funds to help his family, who we were told was destitute. He hasn't been back to church and we have scaled down the size of our mega church building project to a couple of small class rooms.
Top that, brother :)