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Church members complain about collection notices
ABC News WFTS ^ | Jul 14, 2015 | ABC News

Posted on 07/17/2015 9:18:52 PM PDT by Dallas59

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To: Sequoyah101
Find a new church.

Preferably one where God Himself pays the electric bills.

21 posted on 07/18/2015 7:17:34 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: pepsionice
they’d brought a new guy in three or four years ago for minister, and he’d gone to a ‘subscription’ concept.

The latest moneymaker for the software industry. Microsoft "Church365".

I wonder if there was anyone pushing changes who was chattering on about doing "church in the cloud".

22 posted on 07/18/2015 8:59:46 AM PDT by Lee N. Field ("And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise" Gal 3:29)
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To: Not gonna take it anymore; tbw2; Dallas59
Remind me, please, exactly where church "membership" is required for salvation in the Bible, or indeed for anything. Are we not to base our assembly on the pattern and instruction provided for us in Scripture?

We are not to forsake assembling with other believers, to be sure; elsewhere, some close and formal association is urged several times; Paul encouraged selfless organized giving; and church leaders should be personally invested in their local fellowship. But I am unaware of any specific New Testament membership specifications tying donating to belonging. And in the absence of any, what justifiable warrant does the church board have for such a requirement?

23 posted on 07/18/2015 9:43:22 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: Drew68

And on that we agree.


24 posted on 07/18/2015 10:03:43 AM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: Hebrews 11:6

Well if God himself is going to send a check to the electric company then I guess they have no need of tithing.


25 posted on 07/18/2015 10:58:46 AM PDT by Not gonna take it anymore (If Obama were twice as smart as he is, he would be a wit)
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To: Dallas59

It is called “money grubbing.” “Come and for your money you will be saved from your sins:-The Good Book says if I remember correctly.


26 posted on 07/18/2015 11:02:06 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: Hebrews 11:6

I said anyone could attend. The voting rights and ability to hold committee membership positions, though limited to those who tithe and hold the principles of the faith reduces the risk of many problems.


27 posted on 07/18/2015 11:06:29 AM PDT by tbw2
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To: Not gonna take it anymore
Agreed. But compulsory tithing?
28 posted on 07/18/2015 12:25:58 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: tbw2
Agreed. As I said: "...some close and formal association is urged several times; Paul encouraged selfless organized giving..."

But compulsory tithing? Where is that commanded in the New Testament as a precondition for church membership?

29 posted on 07/18/2015 12:29:39 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: pepsionice

I’ve always cherished a bit in a book I read on authoritarian churches. Pastor visits couple’s home and eventually gets around to the topic of tithing.

“I’ll need to see your tax returns.”

Wife of the couple: “You show me yours and I’ll show you mine.”


30 posted on 07/18/2015 1:33:21 PM PDT by avenir (I'm pessimistic about man, but I'm optimistic about GOD!)
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To: avenir

Amen.


31 posted on 07/18/2015 1:41:30 PM PDT by Hebrews 11:6 (Do you REALLY believe that (1) God IS, and (2) God IS GOOD?)
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To: Catsrus

I would tell the pastor to stick it where the sun don’t shine and cut back on my contribution. The NERVE! Greed stinks even when it hides behind Jesus. This is the way the Catholic church used to act to it’s members. They would make my mom set an annual amount she’d give and then if problems happened and she could not do it, they would treat her mean. We were poor as dirt and had not wiggle room when I was little. Dad was not an officer in the Navy yet. She had to hide all this from dad who despised the Catholic church. It was a generational thing all the way back to Europe on his side of the family.

I love pastors who serve Christ. I am nobody’s slave.


32 posted on 07/18/2015 1:42:51 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: SaraJohnson

Well the Catholic Church doesn’t seem to ask an annual amount anymore and thank God for generous givers because most of the members in my parish are pretty cheap.


33 posted on 07/18/2015 3:56:58 PM PDT by Not gonna take it anymore (If Obama were twice as smart as he is, he would be a wit)
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