When one this rich makes the pitch (I’m a poet and I don’t know it, I rhyme every time) then askance looks are understandable. Why didn’t he just go to his own pocket?
But church giving to other Christians is as old as biblical days. It’s hard to imagine how this gets organized if the pastor stays out of it.
“But church giving to other Christians is as old as biblical days. It’s hard to imagine how this gets organized if the pastor stays out of it.”
Of course giving is part of being a Christian. It says in the Bible to give. However, I take exception when a pastor overtly asks for funds. Not only that, he has a particular number he wants to hit.
I attend a rather large church not that far away from Rick Warren’s church and they don’t talk about the offering other than to announce they are collecting it. There is absolutely no pressure to give. However, as a Christian, you do because you want to. When my church does talk about money, it is when the church is offering funds to help the church families in need (like this past Christmas).
Bottom line for Rick, he should teach the Word and the funds will follow.