Why do I care if a pastor has over extended the flock by building when God has not told him to to build a edifice to a domination? Why do I care that people of the cloth revert to guilt to manipulate the flock? If you can not figure that out I don't know what to say. Does your church give you a 7th year of rest? God did. Does your church spend and entire offering on a banquet meal for all? God Did. I have no problem giving to the widowed and fatherless children and the homeless. But I will not be beaten into giving.
That's funny. You come on this thread and brag about how you don't give a tithe and then you accuse me of being "prideful" for pointing out that a tithe is really a minimal amount and that giving is an act of worship.
I have no problem giving to the widowed and fatherless children and the homeless. But I will not be beaten into giving.
The scripture admonishes you to give at least a tenth back to God because it belongs to him! Your problem is not with the pastor. Your problem is with the scripture.