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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
don't go down that road........I have always wondered why the "church" needs to display it's wealth.....I thought the point was to "give it away".
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You can't simply claim that "the church" is a monolithic entity with this statement. My own particular church consists of over 1200 people. We meet in a High School gymnasium in large part for the purpose of minimizing operating costs. Our full time staff are paid very modestly for the work they do, especially considering the number of hours they clock in a week. Virtually all other money collected that does not factor into salaries and operations is given away both in our local community, and through charitable, non-proselytizing projects in Haiti, Guatemala, Indonesia, and other such places where humanitarian need is great.