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PoliticsRe: IPOB: Chidoka Slams South-East Governors, Rejects Army’s Terrorism Tag On Group by Johnrake69: 1:03pm On Sep 19, 2017
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Christianity EtcRe: Why Are Christians Still Going To Church When Their Economic Reality Differs by Johnrake69(op): 12:16pm On Sep 17, 2017
chivic:
-If he is a true leader,he might be praying for you in his closet.
-As a spiritual leader,some of the spiritual attack that is meant for you,will come to him.

-standing in Gods presence to hear from him and come and preach to you is also a sacrifice
-winning souls for the kingdom is a great work that makes the heavens rejoice.And if the heavens is happy with you ,you can get wealthy

I run from being a pastor because its not as easy as people think.
There is no greater service than serving humanity. If we must tell ourselves the truth the leadership of the church are all self serving. None of them deserves that level of affluence in a world full of social injustice.

Below is Uruguay's president Jose Mujica. He donates 90% of his monthly salary of $12,000 to the poor and small businesses. Shouldn't this example come from the church leaders?

Christianity EtcRe: Why Are Christians Still Going To Church When Their Economic Reality Differs by Johnrake69(op): 11:57am On Sep 17, 2017
bedspread:
I AM BLESSED.... I AM SOOOO BLESSED...
I don't attend church cos of my pastor..... I attend to get more of GOD'S WORD. My pastor is only a vessel being used by GOD...
Getting GOD is the Ultimate
Well... Great for you my friend.
Christianity EtcRe: Why Are Christians Still Going To Church When Their Economic Reality Differs by Johnrake69(op): 11:47am On Sep 17, 2017
chivic:
Its quite simple,go to a church that is close to to you where you need not to spend transport money .Leave the pastor to his faith.
In those days the levite where well off(rich).infact even when others don't have they had.For most sacrifice they had a share.
So technically,the husband man should be the first partaker of blessings.Jesus was riding on a brand new donkey (latest car tier rubber) and people where putting their cloths on the floor.

One of the disciple on seeing the perfume lavished on him complained that this perfuse was a life fortune and would have been use on the poor(those fighting for 50 naira in the bus) but he rebuked them and made them to understand that they will always have the poor in their midst .
Great submission. Now, the question is what sacrifice has the leadership of the church offered to man kind to deserve that level of affluence?
Christianity EtcRe: Why Are Christians Still Going To Church When Their Economic Reality Differs by Johnrake69(op): 11:42am On Sep 17, 2017
Josephjnr:
You are seeing it from the angle of an unbeliever. The tithe and offering paid are for God and not the leadership of the church. Mind you,I don't believe in any god but I appreciate and leave anybody who believes.
Unbeliever ke'. I see it as being dishonest to oneself. And directly or indirectly this believe system is what is spreading poverty.
Christianity EtcRe: Why Are Christians Still Going To Church When Their Economic Reality Differs by Johnrake69(op): 11:32am On Sep 17, 2017
Josephjnr:
You want them to turn against their spiritual leaders because they can't afford transporting themselves to their places of worship. They are not worshipping the leaders but god. Pastors/fathers are not political office holders,you don't expect them to employ and start paying members of the church. Moreover,some of these people you are talking about still travel many miles at greater expense just to commit sin. Leave dem make dem live dem lives.
That is not true. My point is how do they connect with their pastors when their economic reality differs. After church service, private jets and luxury cars are waiting for the leadership of the church.

While the members are picking up arguments with bus conductors over fares that has been in place for like 2 years now. And it's most likely they paid more in tithe and offering than what the conductor is asking for.
Christianity EtcRe: Why Are Christians Still Going To Church When Their Economic Reality Differs by Johnrake69(op): 11:02am On Sep 17, 2017
bedspread:
"WE DONT WORK OR LIVE BY WHAT WE SEE, WE LIVE BY THUS SAYS THE LORD"

INFACT I AM A CHOSEN, AND RIGHT INSIDE THAT PLACE IS WHERE I FIND THE JOY THAT CARRIES ME IN THIS EVIL DAYS.
THE WORLD TODAY IS FILLED WITH BAD NEWS, DISATERS AND SO ON... RIGHT IN THE MY ALMIGHTY FATHERS HOUSE "THE LORDS CHOSEN" IS WHERE I FIND HAPPINESS .
Wow? How do you connect with your pastors when they don't go through what you go through on a daily basis?
Christianity EtcRe: Why Are Christians Still Going To Church When Their Economic Reality Differs by Johnrake69(op): 11:00am On Sep 17, 2017
Josephjnr:
You have Nnamdi Kanu's spirit in you.
Please I will appreciate if you address the issue.

Thank you for your comment anyway.
Christianity EtcWhy Are Christians Still Going To Church When Their Economic Reality Differs by Johnrake69(op): 10:51am On Sep 17, 2017
This thought has been on my mind. And I'm going to state the reason based on my personal experiences. This is not to condemn any church denomination in particular.

Sometimes I do take a bus from cele to Orile. I think there there is a big branch of the Chosen ministry at Sanya because of the number of their buses parked in that vicinity.

Also, lots of their members also board a Bus from Sanya bus stop and surprisingly, they find it difficult to pay #100 to Orile from Sanya. That fare has been like that for a long time. They always pick up an argument with the conductor on that, insisting on paying #50. Meanwhile, your pastors bringing the message to you is moving in convoy with security details.

Note: Please like I said, this is not to condemn a denomination. I just had to narrate my personal experience.

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Christianity EtcRe: Demands For Money And Other Things By Worshippers In My Local Church by Johnrake69: 10:59am On Sep 15, 2017
Standing5:
You don't know what you are talking. How do you take record of who pays tithe? Tithe should go to the needy but then need is different from want. The church to me is trying to satisfy peoples want disguised as need. That money you call billions is when used to meet the peoples need may not even satisfy 10% of what they will present to the church as their needs. So I ask, shld the Church meet peoples need for a short period and stop expansion or should the people be honest and take responsibility?
Mr. It appears you're the one clueless of what you're talking about and for your information most churches do keep records. The expansion you clamour for is to what end? You're obviously among those Christians that believe they can impress God with the Architectural aesthetics of your church building. Is man, made for development or development made for Man? How has today's expansion of the church benefited the human race? Another question who owns the church buildings and other assets like the private jet, motels in their head quarters? You think it's the members? The G O and his board members owns the physical assets of the church. So the expansion of the church in the real sense means more assets to the portfolio of the GO and his boards.
Christianity EtcRe: Demands For Money And Other Things By Worshippers In My Local Church by Johnrake69: 8:31am On Sep 15, 2017
emmanuelewumi:
That is why pastors settle or sow into the life of the guys close to the corridors of power at the headquarters or people who do the postings. This is to make sure they ie the pastors are posted to lucrative parishes.
My brother it's time we all condemn these practices in churches. Churches of today are helping to spread poverty. You will be shocked that local assemblies in rural areas that have no viable economy are mandated to contribute for head quarter projects. Shifting resources from areas already experiencing deficit to the head quarters that is overflowing with milk and honey. If you have been a church worker before you will understand these things.

We can't shy away from speaking out. It's not right. The Catholic Church is the richest and largest organisation in the world but, the Pope doesn't fly around in his private jet. There has been records of missionaries from the Catholic Church going to rural areas aside from preaching the word, they help people put up shelter, and together they built a self sustaining economies. That should be the mission. Not going to plant churches so you can start taxing them immediately.

Note: People who are hungry can't serve God
Christianity EtcRe: Demands For Money And Other Things By Worshippers In My Local Church by Johnrake69: 12:19am On Sep 15, 2017
bedspread:
GOD'S BUSINESS you Call another man?
Who owns the assets of the church? Is it the members or the G O? Go and find out about the crisis in assemblies of God.
Christianity EtcRe: Demands For Money And Other Things By Worshippers In My Local Church by Johnrake69: 12:15am On Sep 15, 2017
ideologies:
there is nothing good about that.

If the members at HQ are also doing the same and other branches too, where will the HQ get money to give everyone
Mr. That is not the reality of the day. Some church branches make more than #50million on a weekly basis while some branches can hardly provide for their pastors not to talk of giving to members. It's unfortunate the leadership of the churches have totally implemented capitalist ideology in the church. As wicked as the world governments are they still sponsor budgets of other nations who don't have enough. Don't you think such should be implemented in the church also?
Christianity EtcRe: Demands For Money And Other Things By Worshippers In My Local Church by Johnrake69: 11:58pm On Sep 14, 2017
Standing5:
This is serious. I invite StatSocial into this thread.
This is the reason Covenant Uni and the likes don't subsidize education to ridiculous level. People will drain the church with lies. This is why I laugh when I see people asking private church-owned unis to bring down fees for tithe and offering payers. How can a man paying N1,000 tithe be enjoying free benefits of N750,000 ?
The catholics and Anglicans did it with their missionary schools. Is the church supposed to have bank accounts running into billions? When majority of the members are poor. Who is the church? Our men of God prefer to invest in church buildings than the members of the body of christ whom Christ died for.

What the young man is complaining of is that there is no profit being made from the local assembly because that is the number priority. If there is sincerity on the part of the leaders of today's churches. Surpluses from some branches should be used to supplement others but that's unthinkable. If the wicked world governments can practice that, I wonder how hard it can be for our religious leaders who are meant to be selfless.
Christianity EtcRe: Demands For Money And Other Things By Worshippers In My Local Church by Johnrake69: 11:37pm On Sep 14, 2017
Dididrumz:
E no go pass RCCG. Buh na MY CHURCH Sha, buh I nor support dat kind way of sending the larger percentage of titles nd offerings to headquarters
It's a common practice in every Pentecostal church in Nigeria. Some require that a local assembly remit about 85% of any money generated. Local assemblies are profit centres
Christianity EtcRe: Demands For Money And Other Things By Worshippers In My Local Church by Johnrake69: 11:32pm On Sep 14, 2017
EponOjuku:
In Pentecostal churches, money flows upwards to the GOs and their families not downwards to the members.
That is the problem with the church of today. Every local assembly they set up is a profit centre. It's really worthless devoting to a local assembly cos you're just building another man's business
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Oh ok. Is Togo allowed on their list? I am based on Togo.
Togo and Benin Republic are the two West African countries visible on the list if I remember correctly.
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