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'I'm not worth your Red Lobster money?': Kansas City pastor BERATES 'cheap' congregation for not honoring him with a new watch that he's wanted for a year as part of sermon on 'taking care of God's shepherd' - then issues groveling apology
Daily Mail (U.K.) ^
| August 17, 2022
| Alyssa Guzman
Posted on 08/17/2022 3:39:20 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Cecily
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posted on
08/17/2022 6:03:44 AM PDT
by
sport
To: Captain Peter Blood
I think they should pay him an appropriate salary and benefits, which they probably already do. He can buy whatever personal items he wants with that money. If certain members of the congregation want to give him gifts, that is their choice. The never-ending shakedown of everybody for personal gifts is unseemly.
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posted on
08/17/2022 6:06:39 AM PDT
by
Cecily
( )
To: Cecily
This doesn’t help Kansas pastoral optics, I already know one whose given that state a bad taste , I guess I’m not surprised though
83
posted on
08/17/2022 6:07:54 AM PDT
by
Callnote
(Solid state is the way to go!)
To: Cecily
Don’t leave Joel Osteen off of that list.
84
posted on
08/17/2022 6:09:41 AM PDT
by
Howie66
(Let's Go Brandon!!)
To: Cecily
I never wear a watch. Nothing important happens until I get there.
85
posted on
08/17/2022 6:10:04 AM PDT
by
Bernard
(“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
To: FreshPrince
some truth to what you say however, white trash aren’t the ones behind the skyrocketing crime rates.
86
posted on
08/17/2022 6:10:38 AM PDT
by
LibertyWoman
(America, the Handwriting is on the Wall. )
To: Cecily
I know churches which do not pay any staff. It’s all volunteer and done to help the Body.
Throw him out.
87
posted on
08/17/2022 6:11:03 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: Cecily
Why can't he buy his own watch instead of trying to shake down the congregation? You could ask the same of people like Joel Osteen, Kenneth Copeland, Pat Roberson, Paula White, and God knows how many others. The only difference is he's looking for a watch while Copeland goes for private air planes.
To: HartleyMBaldwin
I don’t like analog. ☹️
I like a stopwatch and timer on my watch.
89
posted on
08/17/2022 6:11:31 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(Some men want tod watch the world burn. It is they that want you to buy an electric car.)
To: Cecily
90
posted on
08/17/2022 6:14:30 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(The firearms I own today, are the firearms I will die with. How I die will be up to them.)
To: Leaning Right
If I recall Joel Osteen was a Word of Faith sort of preacher ... if you tithe and “claim” your blessings you’ll be financially blessed in this life.
So ... in some congregations people can’t afford a full load of groceries or full tank of gas, or to buy school supplies ... but still gotta bless the pastor.
That doesn’t sound like what Jesus would do.
91
posted on
08/17/2022 6:21:14 AM PDT
by
Cloverfarm
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem ...)
To: Cecily
Pastor Carlton Funderburke, of Kansas City, was caught calling his congregation 'poor, broke, busted, and disgusted' after they still hadn't bought him an expensive Movado watch - which ranges in price from $395 to $3,295 - since he first asked for it in last year.
If you're going to beg, beg for cash, not watches.
To: Cecily
This is why the Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Tim 3:2–5:
“3 Therefore an overseer (we call them elders now...) must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. He must manage his own household well, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money. 4 He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, 5 for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church?”
The last line is a rhetorical question...
To: livius
“ How stupid are these people?”
Well, they’re democrats, so….
94
posted on
08/17/2022 6:30:36 AM PDT
by
BlueMondaySkipper
(Involuntarily subsidizing the parasite class since 1981)
To: Cloverfarm
In my book Osteen is just another phony “prosperity preacher”. Osteen, however, is smoother than most. He surrounds his central pitch with jokes, smiles, and pleasantries.
Some folks will disagree with that, I’m sure. To each his own.
95
posted on
08/17/2022 6:30:47 AM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: Cloverfarm
I wonder what percentage of the tithes and offerings brought into the storehouse of Osteen’s church are given out to the truly needy of the congregation (not con artists and deadbeats, but people on low or fixed incomes who could use some help with the necessities). That is part of what the tithing/storehouse principle is supposed to cover.
96
posted on
08/17/2022 6:31:26 AM PDT
by
Cecily
( )
To: Howie66
No need to look at his picture.
I was expecting someone who looked more like Jim Bakker.
To: Fury
Yeah that’s what I thought
98
posted on
08/17/2022 6:31:42 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
To: Cecily
99
posted on
08/17/2022 6:38:11 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
(“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
To: Jonty30
You can get $100 Timex that does everything a person wants from a digital watch.
The <$100 US Timex works fine. The problem is the back of the watch turned my wrist green. I changed over to a Seiko with Twist-O-Flex band in 2014 for $80US, and still have it. I just have to replace the band every couple of years. I haven't even had to replace the battery (partly solar).
100
posted on
08/17/2022 6:44:49 AM PDT
by
Dr. Sivana
(What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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