[James Griffin]

Good point Matt.

In your scenario it was a pastor being good asset manager and money being made on the side. Anyone who has issue with that is a ….. well a person incapable of having a rationale conversation.

I VERY rarely go on a tirade. Even rarer it is in public.

The plethora of anti-tithing, anti-giving posts and articles published lately on the internet and elsewhere is nothing short of sickening. Even more putrid is the portrayal of all pastors as money grubbing Simonites.

The median average attendance in churches today is still in the seventies. And the overwhelming majority of “laity” don’t tithe, even in churches which preach it. Which means the majority of pastors are putting money INTO their churches.

Sick of money for miracles preachers? Who isn’t? I have published articles labeling them parasites feeding off the body of Christ.

However just because there are a few prostitutes masquerading as men of God gives no right to lump all pastors with them. Guess what; read your NT, it was happening while the Apostles were still alive.

If you have a problem with the financial lifestyle your pastor lives, thank God you live in America and just go to church somewhere else.

The vast majority of pastors I know are not in it for the money and would be financially better off if they left the ministry.