Much have been said and many have heard. Little are helped, but many more are not clear. These are the realities I have observed in the wake of online talks and counter-talks involving the church, money, and the public. One may have noticed that some try to sit on the fence either in indifference or in fear, it is important to note that there is no such fence. They are on a side. Those who have written several notes or commented, either condemning financial wrecklessness among church leaderships, or voicing allegiance for their leader no-matter-what, are doing so while taking a stand. Either on the church or on the public side. It follows that this piece also is an outlook from a statutory point; the church. It doesn't seek stop the debate, rather to help those on this side see what they oppose or defend avidly vividly. And perhaps make the public see what is really on this side before equally choosing whether to criticize or defend it.

The church- clearly put is a public, organized body of Christ; who is the head of it. Without Christ, there ceases at the same moment to be anything called Church. Christ is the blood and bone of the church. It is made up of believers who have been secretly or inwardly, and mysteriously redeemed and now publicly called Christians. They live by the Bible, which also is in the public. The history of the church is public. Very accessible. The purpose is public too; the Gospel, that Christ saves sinners. Now, there are gifted, appointed and elected leaders in this body who oversee the missions and the purpose. I believe everyone who has at least a sense humanity will agree that these fully dedicated people who have given up everything else should not become destitutes. Neither will the works (both human building or project execution) they oversee run on nothing. There is something that is needed 'secondarily' in both cases. Money.

Money. No organization on earth can run without it for wages, welfare, and buildings, infrastructures, bills and capital expenses. Not even the church! This is no secret and should not be shrouded as such. Every Christian earns and uses it independent of the church for diverse domestic and commercial purposes just like every human being (Acts 20:34, 11Thes 3:10-12). As it is a common currency and an inevitable material link between the church and the world, it is same between the individual believer and the world as long as he is on planet earth. Money is realised and spent. The only discordant point I suppose, is the manner of earning and spending.

The public is the target and mission of the church. The church is 'responsible' for the salvation of the public. Not a marketplace to display its goods in exchange for money or gifts, rather it is that vast expanse of farmland where several different plants can be taken and grafted into one single wondrous stem; the vine, Jesus Christ. The public is the courtroom full of people where the church makes a defense for Christ as witnesses here on earth. The church here is not the solicitor, neither is it the judge. Simply a witness. On the other hand, the public is made up of all people; Christians and non-Christians, learned and illiterate, ignorant and noble. Money is an essential commodity in the public, both in the hands of unbelievers and believers alike. The public doesn't need to come into the gathering of the church to earn money, it needs to come to Christ. Neither does the church need go into the public to seek or earn money.

Now, this inter-relation is the crest of the current tide, and I believe strongly that it is a misunderstanding of the roles of either side. The government of the church is on the shoulder of Christ, who has taught us to go into the world and preach the gospel of righteousness, peace and joy to all nations and not denying the same Gospel in the process. His words ring out loud enough that godliness with contentment is great gain, that men cannot receive salvation by giving gifts or offerings, and that we should not try to manouevre things because the gospel is the power of God unto salvation, that the way to truth is relative to Christ and Him alone. That He is the one that supplies us all things richly to enjoy therefore we should not trust in wealth or money but in Him. Nor pursue after the corruptible wealth but rather the incorruptible treasure. God.

He warned us before sending us out that His living words are enough to build or cause any believer to mature and not endless money-raking anniversaries, thanksgivings, church clubs, meetings and so on... Read the rest here»» https://bamsky007./2014/12/10/church-money-and-the-public/