Members 'brainwashed' by mega-church into donating thousands

nine.com.au ^ | 9/30/2019 | Sacha Passi

[Vaquero]

Granted. I worship Christ in my own way so I don’t have a lawyer.

[tflabo]

I have a little saying, ‘it’s ok to possess things as long as things don’t possess us’.

[Vaquero]

Thanks nube.

[Celtic Conservative]

Oh Lord, Won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz..

CC

[Vaquero]

Now I didn’t write this :

“Granted. I worship Christ in my own way so I don’t have a lawyer.”

I wrote

“Granted. I worship Christ in my own way so I don’t have a pastor to worry about”

How my iPhone came up with the his lawyer I have no idea.

[Pining_4_TX]

Ha, ha, that is classic!

[Tax-chick]

I worship Christ in my own way so I don’t have a lawyer.

And here I was, thinking that was a deep thought.

[Vaquero]

Yeah. I messed up. See 25.

[Tax-chick]

It was a funny.

[dfwgator]

“You wanted heaven...now reach for it!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRHBPa25odE

[Future Snake Eater]

Sounds interesting, I’ll check him out.

[Gamecock]

I have sat on “pay committees.”

I am of the opinion that, generally speaking, a pastor’s salary should align with the demographics of the church with the level of responsibility thrown in.

I think Army pay scales are useful. A pastor of a 3,000 member church with a staff of 5-10 people probably has 20 years in the pulpit. I think in a medium sized city $100,000 is reasonable. And that reflect about what a Lie tenant Colonel makes. A pastor in a small church in a smaller town should do well with about $40-50K. (First Lieutenant/Junior Captain) Mind you I retired 5 years ago so those numbers may be off.

The thing to remember is, especially in a smaller church, they are on 24/7.

[Future Snake Eater]

Chris Rosebrough also has a video on tithing that is hands down the best explanation I’ve ever heard of how it no longer applies

Which video are you referring to? Can you provide a link? I went through his YouTube playlists, but I didn't see a topic specifically discussing tithing.

[noiseman]

“ Which video are you referring to? Can you provide a link? I went through his YouTube playlists, but I didn't see a topic specifically discussing tithing.”

I’m traveling at the moment, but when I get a chance I’ll take a look and let you know. I thought it was a video specifically about tithing, but it may be that he was discussing it within a video with a different title.

[Future Snake Eater]

I’d appreciate that. It’s an interesting topic, and I feel like I’ve been getting...biased information, shall we say, from some churches and pastors.