Terry wrote:
Very little of your money is being used for
the kingdom. Most of it goes to the bank that
holds the mortgage, the flower shop, the secretary,
the janitor, the guy who sprays for bugs and the
electric and phone company.
Laura wrote:
How wrong you are. We give a huge
Michael D:
Laura, rest assured that one has not experienced church till he has experienced a proper NT gathering where the Spirit is allowed to move through whomever He chooses. It is a real faith builder and edifier when one realizes that he can flow in the spirit and be used to touch lives in
In a message dated 7/18/2003 9:48:07 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Even that outside giving that you mention, how much of it
is actually given to people in need?
I do have a financial report but I don't have a scanner. 7% of outside giving for Foreign Missions goes to
Hi Laura. What
is the total budget of your church? Give some of the major breakdowns of
how the money is spent.
With regard to your reporting that 7% went
to administrative costs, that does not mean much. Administrative costs generally do not include housing, buildings,
salaries of
Interesting that you use Tampa as an example. I'm headed there tomorrow. Regarding money - I don't have the figures where I can put my hands on them. (The little ones are in the room where that file is kept) I didn't mean to mislead you - we give that total amount to the Foreign Missions Dept and
Laura wrote:
Interesting that you use Tampa as an example.
I'm headed there tomorrow.
I lived in Tampa for 17 years and was very active in ministering to the
homeless there. The Salvation Army would not let us see their financial
statements because they are exempt from the Florida Sunshine
Laura:
Back when we were part of the institutional type church, we had a young man come to visit. He was a candidate for the mission field, and gave a very good presentation. He told us about the lost people in this primitive land, how he had felt the call to go there, how we had this
Terry, You are entitled to your opinion and also to your own views of tithing. If that works for you and is what God has told you to do then by all means go for it. I don't have time to argue nor do I have the desire. I have several personal friends who are missionaries and I assure you that they
Laura, don't you think Terry has a point?
Let's suppose that the average annual income in your neighborhood is
$36,000, and let us also suppose that someone from another country
raised 180 times that amount, $6,480,000, in order to move to your
neighborhood to become a missionary to you and your
In a message dated 7/18/2003 5:32:59 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Dear Sister, does your church teach and practice:
-that the church is to be lead by the pastor? YES With a board
-that the pastor is hired and paid by the church? Yes and he earns every penny
-that the
Hi Laura,
You responded to my questions as follows:
Dear Sister, does your church teach and practice:
-that the church is to be lead by the pastor? YES With a board
-that the pastor is hired and paid by the church? Yes and he earns
every
penny
-that the church building is to be
Another perfect example of why I think you must smoke funny ciggiesanother
non sequitur. Iz
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Bruce,
I may be the only person who believes that Homemaking is one of the
highest callings in the Church. I spend my days being very flexible in
following the Lord's leading. I get to explore every possible avenue of the
creativity, organizational skills, and ministry gifts He has given me
David Miller,
It occurred to me that some time back you and I were discussing the issue of
whether or not God sends sickness. You said that He does not, and gave
the example that a loving father would not break his childs arm to teach him
a lesson. Then I sent you several scriptures that stated
Izzy wrote:
I think that He sends (actively, or allows
satan to send) evil things upon His children
for a purpose sometimes.
Yes, I agree that the Father allows Satan to send evil, just as he
allowed Satan to attack Job. However, in Christ, there is an authority
to bind on earth as in
In a message dated 7/18/2003 10:22:52 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And I
also think that if most women honestly listened to their hearts, they would
agree that the same is true for them. :-)
AMEN! Laura
then 'most women' err; there areno
NT referencesto pleasing God by listening to
your heart, a misguided,selfish gesturerooted in
anti-Christ
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