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We came across this letter from Greater Mount Moriah Baptist Church to a member of theirs. We here at Pimppreacher are stunned at this flagrant foul. But I have a few questions:

1. What is a “Member in Good Standing”?

For years this has been floating around churches. Many churches even want you to bring a reference letter from your former church that highlights this status. A member in good standing is the status given if you have faithfully paid tithes and/or dues to the church. This usually means you can beat your wife, not support your own children, or have a criminal case pending but if you pay your tithes/dues, you are still in good standing. This is supported nowhere biblically.

2. Why have a cover charge for church membership?

This is why the whole idea of church membership is questioned in the first place. Usually a fellowship has unnecessary expectations and requirements God never expected or required of us. It’s Traditions of Men on speed. When did Jesus charge to get into His presence? To hear one of His messages? To get healed? Did John the Baptist charge for water baptism? And yet here we are today charging for everything church-related.

3. If we take away Mount Moriah Day and the Church Anniversary, will you still need these charges?

We dont need church anniversary days. We really don’t – especially if it becomes a burden to the people. The purpose of the church is not to become a golden calf but to is multi-faceted which includes the great commission, equipping the saints, fellowship and preparing for the return of Christ. We should never be in the business of lifting up our local assemblies where Jesus should be – especially as a requirement of membership.

4. We are tracking a person’s financial status as a “hardship” for not what we can do for that person but to exercise the right of collection agency to extend their payment due date.

As if the federal student loan agency we now have to document our financial status lest our loan go into default. Except one thing: This was not a loan but a church membership. The only saving grace given to a member is if the person has since left the church voluntarily. But unless you pay the past due amount, your church membership can be revoked.

Apparently this letter was signed by the Administrative Assistant “Ladreda Spencer as well as the Pastor Dr. B.R. Fulton Jr., so it’s official. I’m not even going to get into the incredulousness of charging children tithes and dues for church. That one can actually fall into a “delinquent” status because you don’t pay. The impudence shown to actually issue a letter – Shame on Pastor Fulton and the Greater Mount Moriah…. and the rest that is just too much to say in one breath. Though something tells me you are shameless, you may still want to do something about that church name. That advice is free.

And while we can point and say that this assembly has gone way too far, many of our churches today are practicing some form of this extortion with membership and “partners”. It’s easy to recognize. You can tune into a church leader’s social media page and count how many times they have a lecture about how “disobedient” you are being because you haven’t “sown” into them. You can tune in Sunday morning and listen to the sermon. No matter how noble a message begins, it usually comes back around to how much you are going to give that day that will be over and beyond what you already gave earlier. These church money games just don’t work no matter how they are spun and they are certainly not God’s design. Not only are they not His design, He is simply not pleased with these systems we have built to carry on what we have been instructed to do. If running a church takes so much that we can’t trust God to provide for its needs, then we need to begin looking at closing it and have faith that He has a plan for what’s next. But nah, we would rather oppress the people with church taxes that we came up with to compensate for our own lack of faith. Let’s just be honest.

May God Have Mercy,
Ms. Justice

Preacher Bureau of Investigation

http://pimppreacher.com/post/123955724710/an-attempt-to-collect-a-debt-when-the-church

End time

Imagine! I thought tithe is for God . the pastor has become God's mouthpiece

Businessmen everywhere, forming pastors

It's unfortunate that the letter can be posted here, maybe someone more techie can help?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDyC-rnr0Ks